Berlin, Germany
Pfaueninsel
This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.
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Berlin, Germany
This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.
Brooklyn, New York
This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A house of courtship where the Jazz Age's most storied lovers got their start.
Lima, Peru
This stone complex marks the urban center of a lost civilization.
Vagli Sopra, Italy
This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.
Wexford, Ireland
After being destroyed by IRA sympathizers, the ruins of this stately Irish manor have sat vacant for decades.
Captiva, Florida
This kitsch eatery is chock-a-block with bric-a-brac.
Rome, Italy
This hill made entirely of ancient Roman jars was simply a garbage dump to the people of the time.
New York, New York
A famous songsmith's custom piano, dubbed "High Society," is hidden just out of sight in one of New York's finest hotels.
Kilkenny, Ireland
Huge standing stones mark a site of megalithic mystery.
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
St. Augustine, Florida
Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.
Mecca, California
A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.
North Miami Beach, Florida
St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.
Sligo, Ireland
This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.
Boston, Massachusetts
The site where Charles Dickens gave his first public reading of "A Christmas Carol" in the US.
Miami Beach, Florida
Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.
Montreal, Québec
One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.
New York, New York
Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.
New York, New York
Avoid gangster interaction while window-shopping.
Bronx, New York
The famous author's cottage hideaway.
Duisburg, Germany
No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.
Verona, Italy
Pilgrimage site for star-crossed lovers.