Smithfield, Virginia
World’s Oldest Edible Ham
The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."
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Smithfield, Virginia
The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."
Aurora, Texas
This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.
Spartanburg, South Carolina
A charming monument to a very special dog.
Twin Falls, Idaho
One of the "twins" in these falls on the Snake River was sacrificed for hydropower generation in the 1930s.
Butte, Montana
High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.
Portugal
This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.
New Taipei City, Taiwan
A rare pod of derelict midcentury Futuro and Venturo houses lines a semi-abandoned beachfront resort outside Taipei.
Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy
This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Long before the Battle of Gettysburg occurred, dinosaurs roamed the area and left their footprints on this bridge.
Griffin, Georgia
Could this grave be the true resting place of legendary gunfighter "Doc" Holliday? Unclear.
Greenville, Texas
The home of a former Minor League baseball team that beat Joe DiMaggio's New York Yankees in 1949.
Bangor, Maine
The eccentric mansion of one of the most popular horror authors of modern times.
Lake Powell, Utah
This natural sandstone bridge hasn't been seen since the 1960s when Lake Powell covered it—until now.
Walker County, Georgia
The perfectly named cave drop is the deepest in the continental United States, almost matching the height of Seattle’s Space Needle.
Huntsville, Alabama
This 19th-century hotel and spa hosted famous guests like like the Vanderbilt family, William Waldorf Astor, Helen Keller, and Jay Gould.
Worthington, Pennsylvania
Hidden in the hills of Western Pennsylvania lies one of the best-kept ghost towns in America that you can legally visit.
Suffolk, Virginia
An out-of-the-way wildlife haven with a rich and storied past of harboring thousands of fugitive slaves, or "Maroons" during the mid 1800s.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.
Graz, Austria
Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.
Des Moines, New Mexico
This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.
Glasgow, Scotland
Climb this overlooked gem's spiral staircase and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views of Glasgow.
Bern, Switzerland
The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.