Boston, Massachusetts
Boston's Old Burying Grounds
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
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Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Utuado, Puerto Rico
Drift through underground caves on a tube.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This colorful gate stands as an entrance to the walled city of Old San Juan.
Puerto Rico
On a clear day, you can see all the way to the Virgin Islands from the top of this observation tower built in the 1960s.
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.
Vieques, Puerto Rico
The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.
Cincinnati, Ohio
This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.
Brooklyn, New York
A curious friendship between two inanimate ladies.
Brooklyn, New York
A way to take your secrets to someone else's grave.
Brooklyn, New York
A heartbreaking monument showing the last morning in the life of Jane Griffith.
Brooklyn, New York
The painter who popularized "bulls" and "bears" as symbols for the stock market didn't get a proper headstone for over a century.
Brooklyn, New York
One of only two remaining Victorian-era greenhouses in New York.
Cataño, Puerto Rico
The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This bleach-white graveyard overlooking the ocean is accessed through a tunnel.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This tiny home was originally a narrow alleyway.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Everyone from Alan Ginsberg to The Rolling Stones has stopped by this classic dive bar.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
A park where people have been going to feed friendly pigeons since the 18th century
New York, New York
This historic building housed the surviving crew members of the Titanic, who were left destitute after the wreck.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The first of Lancaster's "rural cemeteries."
Paris, France
Marvel at the opulent Art Nouveau interior while dining on dirt-cheap French classics.
Paris, France
Montmartre's sole surviving windmill became an iconic landmark for 19th-century painters, artists, and bohemians.
Paris, France
This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.
Paris, France
Paris' linguistic guide to the international language of, yes, love.