New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Octagon Tower
A former insane asylum despised by Nelly Bly and Charles Dickens is now fashionable apartments.
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Brackettville, Texas
Alamo Village
Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.
Anniston, Alabama
Anniston Museum
A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.
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Brooklyn, New York
Dead Horse Bay
First a horse rendering plant, then a 19th century landfill, this beach is full of glass from thousands upon thousands of broken bottles.
New York, New York
Roosevelt Island Cat Sanctuary
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
Australia
Lake Hillier
An Australian lake whose pink hue defies scientific explanation.
Rivière-Koksoak, Québec
Pingualuit Crater Lake
A lake in the middle of the tundra of Quebec is said to be the purest freshwater lake on Earth.
London, England
The Mail Rail
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
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Guatemala City, Guatemala
Great Guatemalan Sinkhole
An enormous, 30-story-deep hole in the middle of Guatemala City.
Boscastle, England
The Museum of Witchcraft & Magic
The world's largest collection of witchcraft regalia.
British Columbia, Canada
Kiidk'yaas, the Golden Spruce
This revered mutant tree was felled in an act of ecoterrorism leaving a legacy of myth and possibly murder.
Berlin, Germany
The Bebelplatz
The site of the famous Nazi book burning campaign of 1933 remembers its "Night of Shame".
Saint-Jean-de-Boiseau, France
The Grotesques of the Chapel of Bethlehem
Do these monsters look familiar? The gargoyles on this church are all from pop culture.
Santa Clarita, California
St. Francis Dam
The Los Angeles flood disaster that took 400 lives and ended the career of William Mulholland.
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Eastsound, Washington
Howe Art
One artist's yard is full of shining, whirling kinetic sculptures that look like pure steel psychedelia.
New York, New York
300 West 38th Street
Cheap pizza and all of your naughty bedroom needs housed in a stunning example of Art Nouveau architecture.
Berkeley, California
Moe's Books
A shape-shifting buy-sell-trade bookstore, born to Beatnik Era spirit.
Komiža, Croatia
Blue Cave of Bisevo
An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.
Rome, Italy
Meridian Line of the Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels and the Martyrs
Installed in an act of one-upsmanship, the annual sundial in this church is also a symbolic victory for the Gregorian calendar.
Brooklyn, New York
Bushwick City Farms
Two community gardens under the elevated subway lines on a very busy commercial strip in Bushwick.
Washington, D.C.
Space Window at the Washington National Cathedral
A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.
Providence, Rhode Island
Fleur-De-Lys Studio
An architectural statement of artistic intent smack in the middle of Providence, Rhode Island's Colonial uniformity.
County Donegal, Ireland
St. Patrick's Purgatory
The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.
N'Guigmi, Niger
UTA Flight 772 Memorial
The world's most remote memorial to the victims of the UTA Flight 772 disaster.
