Delta, Louisiana
Grant's Canal
The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.
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Delta, Louisiana
The ill-fated plan to reroute the Mississippi so that Union ships could bypass Confederate fortifications on the river bend.
Peru
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
Internet rumors, often involving Icelandic singer Björk, have abounded regarding this isolated outcrop of rock.
North Andover, Massachusetts
The site of the Andover Witch Hunts, which ended with more witch accusations and arrests than Salem.
Singapore
A giant baby floats in the middle of Singapore’s nature park.
Acharnes, Greece
After a catastrophic forest fire, a Greek artist transformed scorched tree trunks outside an old sanatorium into this haunting sculpture garden.
Dublin, Ohio
The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.
Rome, Italy
A literary park dedicated to the memory of a filmmaker, writer, and intellectual who was killed in 1975.
Rome, Italy
Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.
Barcelona, Spain
This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.
Madrid, Spain
Order cookies baked by cloistered nuns in a 400-year-old monastery.
Mountainair, New Mexico
The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.
Arnhem, Netherlands
Organisms normally seen under a microscope decorate this church.
Budapest, Hungary
Late at night, the bust of the "Dracula" actor was snuck onto the facade of this Budapest castle.
Vienna, Austria
Macabre museum devoted to historical Viennese murders.
Columbus, Ohio
The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.
Salem, New Hampshire
America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
This little museum in the town where zombies were born celebrates the living dead.
Staten Island, New York
Crammed into several rooms of a Staten Island home, this museum is a vodka-soaked paean to the pleasures of drinking.
Bethlehem, Connecticut
These Benedictine nuns have been making artisanal cheeses since before it was cool.
Figueres, Spain
Giant eggs, walls of bread, and nightmare surreality mark the largest collection of works by Salvador Dalí.
Monistrol de Montserrat, Spain
Holy Grotto of Montserrat Monastery holds one of Europe's mysterious black Madonnas.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.
Barcelona, Spain
This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.