London, England
Charlton House
The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.
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London, England
The grounds of this Jacobean estate contain one of the oldest mulberry trees in England.
Joiner, Arkansas
On the side of Arkansas' Great River Road stand the remains of a forgotten World War II POW Camp.
Little River, California
A raised boardwalk winds through a thicket of stunted, century-old trees no more than nine feet tall.
Malibu, California
Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.
Los Angeles, California
A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This Birdsill Holly fire hydrant is the remnant of a very different type of hydration innovation.
Iceland
This rusting remnant of the local herring industry is being given a second life.
Wyalusing, Pennsylvania
A planned settlement in Pennsylvania once housed the aristocratic refugees of the French Revolution.
Saint-Denis, France
The mummified heart of Louis XVII, the lost dauphin of the French Revolution.
Pietranera, Italy
The now-abandoned Fascist summer colony served a dark purpose during World War II.
Panguitch, Utah
Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.
Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Henrieville, Utah
This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.
Eufaula, Alabama
An autonomous oak in Alabama.
Ironbridge, England
This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.
Windsor, England
At just 51 feet and 10 inches long, it's the shortest street in England.
Highlands, New Jersey
These unassuming lighthouses have seen the first reading of the Pledge of Allegiance, the first wireless transmission, and more than one mystery.
Bayonne, New Jersey
World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.
Holmdel, New Jersey
Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.
Egg Harbor City, New Jersey
This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.
Santa Monica, California
A Looff creation in Santa Monica best described as “a California-Byzantine-Moorish-style fantasy.”
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Machecoul, France
The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.