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Cottonwood, Idaho
Dog Bark Park Inn
Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.
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Brooklyn, New York
The First Home in Greenpoint
Where Greenpoint's first European settler—and troublemaker—made his home.
Calipatria, California
Salvation Mountain
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Eureka, California
The Carson Mansion
Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.
Antarctica
Shackleton's Antarctic Hut
Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ard Godfrey House
The oldest remaining frame residence in Minneapolis.
Brooklyn, New York
Greenpoint Reformed Church and Mystery Tile
Built as a home for the Union Porcelain magnate in 1867, now the Greenpoint Reformed Church and home to a ceramic mystery.
Los Angeles, California
Kinney-Tabor House
A gift from Abbot Kinney and a little bit of piece of Black history in Venice Beach.
Brooklyn, New York
Union Porcelain Company
Where one of Greenpoint's "five black arts" was practiced.
London, England
Linley Sambourne House
Home of one of history's most famous cartoonists just as he left it.
Shirley, Illinois
Funk Gem and Mineral Museum
Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.
Kandovan, Iran
Troglodyte Village of Kandovan
Modern-day cave dwellers carve elaborate homes out of volcanic debris.
Chambourcy, France
The Désert de Retz
Shattered columns and Egyptian pyramids outside of Paris.
London, England
Severndroog Castle
A monolithic monument in Greater London.
Scituate, Massachusetts
Lawson Tower
A Medieval Water Tower in the Heart of Massachusetts.
Haspra, Ukraine
The Swallow's Nest
A castle perched precariously over the Crimean Sea.
Newport, England
Carisbrooke Castle
The Last Home of an Executed King.
Brighton, England
The Royal Pavilion
Regency-era excess on the English Coast.
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