Belfast, Northern Ireland
Launch Site of the Titanic
A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.
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Belfast, Northern Ireland
A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
This Victorian-era public house has set the standard for pub-style elegance for over a hundred years.
Dublin, Ireland
Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.
Galway, Ireland
A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.
Dublin, Ireland
The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.
Dublin, Ireland
The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.
Brattleboro, Vermont
Designed as a place for patients to take in the scenery, this tower has a dark history.
Newport, Rhode Island
An unexpected Easter egg lurks in the background of a cherub wall relief at the Breakers mansion.
Middletown, Connecticut
A reliquary of pop culture marvels, including the world's largest (and most terrifying) Jack-in-the-Box.
Hartford, Connecticut
The former location of a platform that allowed passengers to safely wait for the trolley.
Rockville, Connecticut
Dr. Henry Cogswell hoped that his elaborate drinking fountains would dissuade people from drinking alcohol.
Southington, Connecticut
A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.
Meriden, Connecticut
Hidden behind a Target are pillows of cooled lava that formed at the bottom of a deep lake in the Mesozoic Era.
Hartford, Connecticut
The early American colonists were such ferocious drinkers the law actually required every town to have a tavern.
East Granby, Connecticut
A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
Hartford, Connecticut
An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.
Compton, Arkansas
The highest waterfall between the Rockies and the Appalachian Mountains.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This mountaintop refuge rehabilitates tigers, lions, bears, and more from illicit wildlife trade—and offers overnight lodging.
Holly Grove, Arkansas
A short boardwalk through a swamp leads to the spot from which the Louisiana Purchase was surveyed.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
An extravagant western hotel where every floor is the "ground floor."
Rogers, Arkansas
This mill has survived a tumultuous past to still produce flour and cornmeal.
Poteau, Oklahoma
Claims to be the "World's Highest Hill."
Boston, Massachusetts
American revolutionaries and British soldiers alike are buried here in the fourth-ever cemetery in Boston.