Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
The Loovre
One of the few surviving examples of Victorian-era public toilets now houses a small homestay.
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Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
One of the few surviving examples of Victorian-era public toilets now houses a small homestay.
Huntsville, Utah
Eat burgers beneath gargantuan taxidermy and thousands of dollar bills in Utah's oldest continuously-operating bar.
Krimulda Parish, Latvia
This remote sandstone cliff has one of the richest collections of Livonian petroglyph marks.
Captain Cook, Hawaii
A priest with no formal artistic training used basic house paint to create gorgeous religious scenes inside this historic church.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world's third-largest crystal sphere has sat in the Penn Museum since 1927 with the exception of one outlandish theft.
Uppsala, Sweden
A large collection of ancient runestones decorates this university courtyard.
Johnstone, Scotland
A mysterious ruin shrouded in more folklore than fact.
Pomeroy, Ohio
This schoolhouse for Black American children is one of the oldest remaining in southeastern Ohio.
Suzhou, China
An enormous effigy of the goddess of compassion hides within the sanctuary.
Glendale, California
This childhood throwback has hundreds of arcade games and pinball machines to transport you back in time.
Lake George, New York
All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.
Lido, Italy
Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.
Begunje na Gorenjskem, Slovenia
This cutting edge museum details the history of skiing, from its ancient origins to its status as a sport.
Willcox, Arizona
This fireplace-turned-monument pays tribute to the assassinated U.S. president.
San Francisco, California
This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.
Louisville, Kentucky
Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.
Troutdale, Oregon
This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.
Brooklyn, New York
For 20 years, local pumpkins have met their fate on the iron fence surrounding this Cobble Hill home.
Tagish, Yukon
The picturesque remains of an abandoned silver mine slope down to Tagish Lake in the Yukon.
Mporokoso, Zambia
The first Catholic Mission to the Bemba people of Zambia still stands.
Mecca, California
These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.
Cusco, Peru
Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.
Nashville, Tennessee
This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.
Kayabwe, Uganda
This small roadside eatery exists in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, as the equator runs right through it.