Cardona, Spain
Castle of Cardona
This ancient Spanish castle sits high upon a hilltop.
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Cardona, Spain
This ancient Spanish castle sits high upon a hilltop.
Rennes-le-Château, France
French commune at the heart of conspiracies.
Carcassonne, France
Historic medieval fortified city in southwest France.
Beacon, New York
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
San Francisco, California
Once the largest windmill outside of Holland, with enormous 114 foot sails.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
San Francisco, California
This turn of the century masterpiece has a mysterious goaty interloper.
San Francisco, California
A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.
San Francisco, California
Golden Gate Park's historic collection of plants.
San Francisco, California
Olfactory delights in San Francisco's Botanical Gardens.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Sligo, Ireland
A tiny microvalley etched into the side of Knocknarea Mountain hides another world.
Vaals, Netherlands
A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
England
A historic house left in "dramatic still life."
Stamford, Connecticut
An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.
Boston, Massachusetts
The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.
Xilitla, Mexico
Extraordinary sculpture garden created by an eccentric English poet.
Huehuetlán, Mexico
The largest cave shaft in the world is home to thousands of birds and popular with BASE jumpers.
Bronx, New York
Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Monte di Cuma, Italy
Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.
Rome, Italy
Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.