Matlock Bath, England
Matlock Bath
A seaside town with no sea in sight.
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Matlock Bath, England
A seaside town with no sea in sight.
Winchester, England
Ask nicely, and stewards of a centuries-old charitable tradition will give you free bread and beer.
Glossop, England
The wreck of a B-29 Superfortress now stands as a memorial left in the moors.
Douglas, Isle of Man
This hidden bridge is where local children leave gifts and messages for the island's fay folk.
Millport, Scotland
A bizarre stone beast lurks on the beach of a popular tourist island.
Sandown, England
This purpose-built dinosaur museum is shaped like a pterodactyl and holds fossils that were found in its very village.
Deepcar, England
A stone wall commemorates the legend of a ferocious dragon who literally got his butt kicked by a knight.
Woolfardisworthy, England
The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.
John o' Groats, Scotland
The sign marks one of the endpoints to mainland Britain's longest overland travel route.
York, England
Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.
Bures, England
A hill carving of the legendary dragon that terrorized the village of Bures in the Middle Ages.
Salem, Massachusetts
A museum dedicated exclusively to the lore and history of ouija boards.
Salem, Massachusetts
Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A poignant museum dedicated to the history of the Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation
Toronto, Ontario
A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.
Brooklyn, New York
This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.
Altadena, California
"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
This is one really big nut.
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Osoyoos, British Columbia
North America's first Indigenous-owned winery is located within Canada's only desert-like ecosystem.
Richmond, British Columbia
One of the largest cat sanctuaries in North America is considered a "Club Med" for felines.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.