New Orleans, Louisiana
The Absinthe Museum
Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.
New Orleans, Louisiana
According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
Malibu, California
Malibu's first beach home features an astonishing trove of ceramic tiles.
Chatsworth, California
Abandoned anti-ballistic missile base.
Simi Valley, California
An eccentric folk art landmark made out of discarded bottles by an inspired "grandma."
Agoura Hills, California
A strange mishmash of ruins and abandoned structures hint at the park's many lives.
Simi Valley, California
The White House Situation Room was taken apart in 2006 and shipped to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
Santa Barbara, California
Acres of natural wonders left behind by a socialite-turned-gardener.
Camarillo, California
Over one million bird-related artifacts await.
London, England
The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.
London, England
19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.
London, England
This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.
London, England
A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.
London, England
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
London, England
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
London, England
Rebuilt remains of a temple to Roman god Mithras.
London, England
An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
London, England
This collection of illusory paraphernalia has been culled from the history of London's premier magician's club.
London, England
A subterranean ice warehouse that has lain hidden beneath central London for over a century is now open to the public.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
A vast overgrown cemetery, once known as one of London's "Magnificent Seven."
London, England
Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.