Helsingborg, Sweden
Museum of Failure
From Coke II to Google Glass, this exhibit features some of the most spectacular commercial flops.
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Helsingborg, Sweden
From Coke II to Google Glass, this exhibit features some of the most spectacular commercial flops.
Bled, Slovenia
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Ovid, New York
An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.
New York, New York
The only home that Alexander Hamilton ever owned has a history almost as troubled as his own.
Ardino, Bulgaria
An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.
Athlone, Ireland
The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.
Somerville, Massachusetts
This former Masonic hall has been turned into an art project that uses even more metaphysical iconography.
Zakinthos, Greece
Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.
Jumièges, France
Sacked by Vikings, blessed by William the Conqueror, dealt a fatal blow during the French Revolution—these ruins have seen it all.
Chicago, Illinois
The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.
Cedar Creek, Texas
A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.
Polldubh, Scotland
The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.
Portugal
A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.
Salem, Oregon
An institution that preserves the history of institutionalization.
Australia
This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.
New York, New York
The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.
Government Camp, Oregon
You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.
Paris, France
Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.
Province of Matera, Italy
An Italian hillside ghost town.
New York, New York
Deep under Manhattan is the largest construction project in city history. So far, the project has taken the lives of 23 workers, or "a man a mile."
New York, New York
Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.
New York, New York
A collection of fanzines, recordings, and documents detailing the rise and influence of the feminist punk movement.