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The Cemetery's Entry Gate

Berlin, Germany

The Suicide Cemetery

A hidden, morbidly fascinating cemetery deep in the forest.

Signs in Trees

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville “Lovers Lane”

Over 60 handwritten love signs hang in the twisted trees along Springdale Road.

The Palace’s cocktail menu includes “Pirate’s Punch,” which is made with a special, secret recipe.

Fernandina Beach, Florida

The Palace Saloon

Based in a former haberdashery, Florida’s oldest continually-operating bar has a rich nautical history and lots of local lore.

Sponsored By Amelia Island, Florida
Glassy Beach

Springdale, Newfoundland and Labrador

Glassy Beach

A sea glass gold mine on Newfoundland’s rugged coast.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

Brookline, Massachusetts

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

This historic house was the birthplace and childhood home of the 35th president of the United States.

View from the bottom!

Wellington, New Zealand

Secret Slide

Wellington’s longest, fastest, and steepest slide offers incredible views of New Zealand's capital.

Inside Mothership at the Bar

San Diego, California

Mothership

Sip on supernatural cosmic cocktails at this spaceship themed speakeasy.

Scarlett O’Hara House

Boston, Massachusetts

Scarlett O’Hara House

This faux Greek Revival mansion is a clever optical illusion tucked into a Beacon Hill alley.

Street sign for Edgar Allan Poe Street

New York, New York

Edgar Allan Poe Street

A tidbit of Poe history on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

‘Good Will Hunting’ Bench

Boston, Massachusetts

‘Good Will Hunting’ Bench

The bench featured in the film with Robin Williams and Matt Damon has become a popular destination for moviegoers.

Sainte Baume Grotto

Plan-d'Aups-Sainte-Baume, France

Sainte Baume Grotto

Legend says St. Mary Magdalene spent her final 30 years in a secluded mountain cave.

Smugglers' Notch Fall Foliage

Stowe, Vermont

Smugglers’ Notch

A mountain pass used by Prohibition-era bootleggers to facilitate traffic into and out of Canada from Vermont.

The state park boasts the only seashore in the state of Pennsylvania.

Erie, Pennsylvania

Presque Isle State Park

Explore this unspoiled peninsula with 11 sandy beaches and 13 miles of hiking and biking trails (keep an eye out for soaring bald eagles overhead).

The spelling of ‘diner,’ a Pennsylvania custom, is familiar to locals.

Erie, Pennsylvania

Lawrence Park Dinor

Fuel up on comfort food favorites at this local gem that’s also a national landmark.

Haunted Museum of Borås

Borås, Sweden

Haunted Museum of Borås

Sweden’s first haunted museum showcases cursed dolls, mirrors, and relics said to carry lingering spirits.

The lighthouse affords dreamy sunset views.

Erie, Pennsylvania

Erie Land Lighthouse

Climb the first lighthouse commissioned on a Great Lake to a lookout with peaceful, panoramic views.

Image from gravel parking spot

Napoleon, Ohio

World’s Largest Tomato Soup Can

The famous red-and-white Campbell's Soup label beckons hungry passersby in Ohio.

Art at the VCC

Dublin, Ireland

Vintage Cocktail Club

A 1930s-style speakeasy with a secret doorway and one-of-a-kind cocktails.

The Marforio Dragon

Venice, Italy

Marforio Dragon Lamp

An iron dragon with a long neck covered in feathery scales perched above one of Venice's most popular squares.

Skulls of Saint Nicolai Church

Vejle, Denmark

Skulls of Saint Nicolai Church

Hidden in plain sight, the origin of these embedded skulls remains the stuff of legend.

L'évasion - Chapitre 1.

Nantes, France

L'Évasion (The Escape)

A modern and feminist reinterpretation of the famous Wallace Fountains.

Aruba's Big Red Anchor

San Nicolas, Aruba

Red Anchor Memorial

This 15-foot red anchor sits on a rise overlooking the sea lanes of eastern Aruba.

The over-stuffed Fiat 500 has a piled-high roof rack and stickers in the rear windows.

Nice, France

A Sunday in Nice

A cast iron Fiat 500 sculpture overlooks the sea at Port Lympia.

‘Celestial Teapot’

Utrecht, Netherlands

‘Celestial Teapot’

A gigantic teapot sitting on top of a parking garage in the center of Utrecht.

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