Salem, Massachusetts
The Witch House of Salem
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
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Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
New York, New York
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
New York, New York
A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Echuca, Australia
A timber wharf that contributed to Echuca becoming the largest inland port in 19th-century Australia.
Taranna, Australia
The world's first cageless zoo is working to save endangered Tasmanian devils.
Wilmington, Australia
The evolution of a simple creek cutting its way through an ochre mountain side.
Glenrowan, Australia
A totally unique, animatronic depiction of the Australian gunslinger's last stand.
Seventeen Seventy, Australia
A cairn commemorating James Cook's second landing in Australia.
Brunswick, Australia
A hidden lane full of top-quality street art.
Bells Bridge, Australia
A museum in rural Queensland wrongly claims that dinosaur fossils possess evidence that the earth is only 10,000 years old.
Brunswick, Australia
This statue commemorates a special connection between ancient Greece and the Melbourne suburb of Brunswick.
Garden Island, Australia
The sullen remains of vessels abandoned in the Port Adelaide River.
Lightning Ridge, Australia
On the outskirts of an opal-mining town, these baths fed by a massive underground aquifer are a natural spa.