Chicago, Illinois
Rainbo Club
Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.
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Chicago, Illinois
Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Houston, Texas
The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.
Nashville, Tennessee
At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.
Ekerö, Sweden
18th century opera in its original splendor.
New York, New York
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
New York, New York
Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.
New York, New York
New York's oldest magic store.
Boulder, Colorado
This tea house was a hand-built gift from Boulder's sister city in Tajikstan.
New York, New York
The New York hotel where tragic visionary Nikola Tesla spent his final hours, destitute and alone but for the pigeons.
Singapore
Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.
Brighton, England
Regency-era excess on the English Coast.
Salt Lake City, Utah
A towering tribute to decisiveness stands on the spot where Brigham Young and his followers decided that this must be the place.
Hawaii
This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.
Arlington, Virginia
This isn't your average roadway—it's actually a National Park and a transportation pioneer.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Cañon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
Kamakura, Japan
A bronze statue dating back as far as 1252, still has remnants of gold on its right cheek from ancient gilding.
Berlin, Maryland
The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.
Hilo, Hawaii
Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.