St. Augustine, Florida
The Fountain of Youth
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
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St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
St. Augustine, Florida
A luxurious 1880s hotel with its fair share of Tiffany stained glass, Edison electricity, and of course, ghosts.
Detroit, Michigan
Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.
Chicago, Illinois
This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.
Baltimore, Maryland
A faded sign from the 1920s remembers Baltimore's resistance toward banning alcohol.
Washington, D.C.
The word "Watergate" will forever be associated with the infamous scandal in 1972, but this fountain is famous in its own right.
Arlington, Virginia
Though his role as the inventor of baseball may be up for debate, fans still festoon Doubleday's grave with baseballs.
Washington, D.C.
Depending on who you ask, this controversial treehouse is either a charmingly creative child's playhouse or an illegal encroachment on public land.
Chicago, Illinois
Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.
Hillside, Illinois
Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.
Chicago, Illinois
The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.
Chicago, Illinois
A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.
Chicago, Illinois
Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.
Milan, Italy
A brutalist gem towering over the heart of Milan.
Chicago, Illinois
Former bath house turns gastropub.
Chicago, Illinois
"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”
New York, New York
The most confusing clock in New York.
Richmond, Virginia
This historic, one-acre island is the only legal place to camp in the city of Richmond.
Rome, Italy
A monumental fountain in Rome features a large statue of Moses that has been criticized for centuries.
Boston, Massachusetts
A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.
Paradise, Michigan
This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
Manistique, Michigan
This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.
Rome, Italy
This small, ancient Roman temple was once a church dedicated to the patron saint of penitents.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.