Duluth, Minnesota
Uncle Harvey's Mausoleum
The watery grave of an impractical idea.
Places I've been
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Duluth, Minnesota
The watery grave of an impractical idea.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
New Haven, Connecticut
The headquarters of the famous Yale society.
Yosemite National Park, California
A glimpse into the lives of the the Miwok and Paiute people in Yosemite National Park.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Pasadena, California
A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.
Los Angeles, California
A castle that was built stone by stone by an eccentric journalist.
Los Angeles, California
The so-called "Statue of Liberty of Los Angeles" is on a one mutant mission to keep L.A. weird.
Los Angeles, California
It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.
Glendale, California
An extraordinary final resting place full of oversized art, amazing statues, and dead celebrities.
New York, New York
The most confusing clock in New York.
Milan, Italy
Two very green residential towers cleaning the air in one of Europe's most polluted cities.
Bodio, Switzerland
The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.
Andermatt, Switzerland
A breathtaking bridge that crosses a vast gorge over a river's torrents, and has a tale of a devil architect attached.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
Schattenhalb, Switzerland
The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
A historic observatory precariously perched at the "Top of Europe."
Beatenberg, Switzerland
Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.