Clarence, Missouri
Lyle Van Houten's Automotive Museum
This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.
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Clarence, Missouri
This pristinely abandoned filling station on the edge of a graveyard is populated solely by unsettling mannequins.
Casey, Illinois
The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.
Effingham, Illinois
Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.
Oak Hill, West Virginia
A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Before TV meteorologists, there were weather kiosks. This may be the last one in the United States.
Knoxville, Tennessee
This stone memorial pays tribute to a massive shipwreck which was sadly overshadowed by the death of John Wilkes Booth.
Yemassee, South Carolina
Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.
Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.
Jekyll Island, Georgia
Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.
Naples, Italy
In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.
Naples, Italy
A popular legend claims that the famous pizza was invented at a restaurant in this alley.
Naples, Italy
This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.
Rome, Italy
A massive marble foot is tucked away in a small alley near the Pantheon.
Marianna, Florida
The only Florida state park with publicly accessible caves.
Stockholm, Sweden
It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's narrowest alley is barely over two feet wide.
Lisbon, Portugal
One man's remarkable private collection of art from around the world.
New Bern, North Carolina
The humble gravesite of the man who failed to cash in on his Pepsi-cola goldmine.
Denver, Colorado
A focal point of in Denver’s skyline for over a century, inspired by a Venetian basilica.
Denver, Colorado
This sidewalk tribute honors Colorado's great culinary creation.
Denver, Colorado
Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.
Denver, Colorado
In a small Japanese garden off a busy Denver street, a memorial to a brave, principled politician.
Concord, Massachusetts
The phrase "the shot heard around the world" was coined after a skirmish at this bridge.