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The path leads directly to the machine's protective red shed.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Perrystead Dairy Cheese Vending Machine

This mechanical marvel is a 24-hour cheese vending machine, holding freshly made cheeses from the internationally acclaimed Perrystead Dairy.

The rumour of discord

Madrid, Spain

‘The Rumour of Discord’

A “floating horse” hangs menacingly over the heads of passersby.

Akin Free Library.

Pawling, New York

Akin Free Library

The attic and basement house two museums stuffed with oddities like swallowed spoon handles and a shrunken head.

The Burns Archive

New York, New York

The Burns Archive

A staggering collection of photographs depicting medical, social, and historical change.

Worcester Common Burial Ground

Worcester, Massachusetts

Worcester Common Burial Ground

A grave surprise in the downtown area of New England's second-largest city.

Ministry of Awe building on 3rd St. in Old City

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ministry of Awe

A 19th century bank turned into a 6-story immersive art experience.

‘The Devil is Loose’

Middelfart, Denmark

‘The Devil is Loose’

A chimeric bronze demon, embodying the chaotic spirit of a new millennium.

Wisbech General Cemetery Pocket Park

Wisbech, England

Wisbech General Cemetery Pocket Park

This Victorian graveyard is now a wildlife haven in the centre of town

Priory House (17th Century) The start of the gingerbread trail.

Downham Market, England

Gingerbread Town

Downham Market, Norfolk, is called Gingerbread Town because of its distinctive architecture. Do not confuse it with Market Drayton in Shropshire, which is actually famous for its manufacturing of gingerbread

Cally Old School

Gatehouse of Fleet, Scotland

Cally Old School

An old girls school hidden in a wood

In 2026 Pittsburg was the site of the Horror Writers Association's annual StokerCon

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Horror Studies Archive

A treasure trove of material within the University of Pittsburgh Library Systems has spawned the world's first and only center for academic study of the horror genre.

This statue once stood at an entrance to the original Penn Station and was salvaged from a garbage dump.

Brooklyn, New York

Steinberg Sculpture Garden

A beautiful collection of architectural ornaments rescued from demolished New York City buildings.

Gambrill House

Frederick, Maryland

Gambrill House

This three-story Victorian mansion is now home to the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center headquarters.

 The cemetery in the Fell's Point historic district.

Baltimore, Maryland

Fell Family Cemetery

Wedged between two sets of row houses is an awkwardly located family graveyard.

Joan of Arc in Meridian Hill Park

Washington, D.C.

Joan of Arc Equestrian Statue

The only female equestrian statue in Washington, D.C. is a 15th-century French heroine.

Covered for many years until renovations in the ‘70s and ‘80s, the glass skylight now lets in sun and offers a glimpse of the clock tower.

Washington, D.C.

Old Post Office Tower

The National Park Service’s best-kept secret with views that rival any in D.C.

The reading room is a bookworms' paradise.

Washington, D.C.

Reading Room at the Folger Shakespeare Library

Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.

Library of Congress Card Catalog

Washington, D.C.

Library of Congress Card Catalog

A nostalgic bibliographic gem.

Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Rosenbach of the Free Library of Philadelphia

This little-known collection holds everything from "Dracula" notes, to the manuscript of "Ulysses," to the forged works of Shakespeare.

FWM’s Arch Street facade, designed by Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown, and Associates.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

The Fabric Workshop and Museum

The Fabric Workshop and Museum showcases fabric and mixed media work by artists of great international renown as well as local and outsider artists.

Custard apple, breadfruit, and soursop sculptures dedicated to the Caribbean diaspora in the UK.

London, England

Custard Apple, Breadfruit, and Soursop Sculptures

These oversized fruit sculptures honor the contributions of the Windrush generation.

The grand Masonic Hotel.

Napier, New Zealand

Napier Art Deco Historic Precinct

The highest concentration of Art Deco buildings in the world.

The remains of Saint Mary's Church in Little Chart, Kent

Little Chart, England

St. Mary's Church Ruins

Destroyed by a V-1 flying bomb in 1944, this ruined church is a haunting reminder of the war.

Song of the Dodo, Montreal

Montreal, Québec

The Song of the Dodo

A 20-foot statue reminds viewers of an extinct species.

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