Karachi, Pakistan
Mumtaz Begum
For more than 40 years this Barnum-inspired half-fox, half-woman has been telling fortunes from her cage in a Pakistani zoo.
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Karachi, Pakistan
For more than 40 years this Barnum-inspired half-fox, half-woman has been telling fortunes from her cage in a Pakistani zoo.
Richmond, Vermont
This rare polygonal meeting house is rumored to be built in a circle so that the devil has nowhere to hide.
Crawfordsville, Indiana
The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Southwest Harbor, Maine
A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.
Stowe, Vermont
This New England covered bridge is home to the tale of a jilted lover known to haunt the area.
Falun, Sweden
This Dalecarlian horse is about the size of a pinhead.
Zionsville, Indiana
A collection of over 2000 air-moving devices of all kinds displayed in the Fanimation headquarters.
Urubamba, Peru
Sleep in a glass pod dangling off a cliff.
Chicago, Illinois
The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.
New York, New York
The "Seinfeld" diner.
New York, New York
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
Rome, Italy
Museum dedicated to literary greats of the Romantic Period is also the home in which Keats met his untimely end.
Rome, Italy
This former Roman Catholic Church still contains the embalmed hearts and organs of 22 popes.
Prague, Czechia
This artificial cave looks like something out of a fairytale.
Berlin, Germany
What started as a tongue-in-cheek shrine is now a full-blown museum celebrating "The Hoff" and his longtime love affair with Berlin.
Boys Town, Nebraska
An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.
Washington, D.C.
There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.
Washington, D.C.
The most decorated dog of World War I is preserved in the Smithsonian.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The headquarters of one of the world’s longest-running humor magazines bears a noticeable resemblance to a head wearing a Prussian helmet.
Amherst, Massachusetts
The mighty room where the poet spent most of her life is available to rent for an hour or two.
Lowell, Massachusetts
The two writers famously didn't come to blows over the Oxford comma.
Greenfield, Massachusetts
This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
One of America's most historic homes also holds a startling literary legacy.