Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Maillardet's Automaton
The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Washington, D.C.
Long-abandoned trolley tunnels just a mile away from the White House are turning into an art space.
Fairhope, Alabama
This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'
St. Augustine, Florida
It's a pretty creepy lock-up.
Fanzara, Spain
The streets of a sleepy Spanish town proudly exhibit some of the world's finest graffiti.
San Francisco, California
Fonts are born and bred here at the oldest letterpress type foundry in the United States.
Hamburg, Germany
This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.
Cambridge, England
Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.
Waco, Texas
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
Jodhpur, India
Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.
Denio, Nevada
Mine your own precious stones.
St. Augustine, Florida
Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.
Budapest, Hungary
A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.
Yosemite National Park, California
A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
Prague, Czechia
An Orwellian sculpture with eyeball cameras watches passersby.
Paris, France
A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This Old Testament garden features 100 plants from biblical times.
Baturiti, Indonesia
An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.
Cedar Creek, Texas
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.
Ross, North Dakota
The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.
Cambridge, England
An extraordinary library and archive dedicated to the history of the Arctic and Antarctic poles.
Washington, D.C.
Once the supplier for noteworthy projects like the National Cathedral, this old brickworks now lies abandoned.