Portland, Oregon
Voodoo Doughnut and Wedding Chapel
The magic's in the hole!
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Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Portland, Oregon
The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Salem, Massachusetts
The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.
Hanover, New Hampshire
3,200-square-foot mural inside Dartmouth Library depicts the history of America with images of human sacrifice, ancient gods, and other unspeakable terrors.
Salem, Massachusetts
Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."
Danvers, Massachusetts
Memorial of the Salem witchcraft hysteria in the town of Danvers, where it all began.
Putney, Vermont
A classic roadside attraction on Vermont's historic Route 5.
San Francisco, California
A nondescript building that's been functioning as a speakeasy for nearly a century and a half.
Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Chicago, Illinois
These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Chicago, Illinois
A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?
Edinburgh, Scotland
This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.
Glasgow, Scotland
"Respectful to the dead, safe and sanitary to the living, dedicated to the Genius of Memory..."
Chicago, Illinois
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Island where motor vehicles are banned -- home to the only carless highway in the United States.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.
Cornish, New Hampshire
The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
Glasgow, Scotland
This Scottish museum is the only one in the world to focus not on one religion but all of them.
Detroit, Michigan
These enduring murals depicting a distinctly Marxist tribute to capitalism could not even be defeated by McCarthyism.