Houston, Texas
The Orange Show
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
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Houston, Texas
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
Houston, Texas
Beer lover's can-covered house.
Rocksprings, Texas
This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.
Houston, Texas
Fantastic collection celebrating the final send-off.
Waco, Texas
Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.
Waco, Texas
Housed in a century-old building, this museum's dedicated not just to soft drinks, but to the free enterprise system.
San Antonio, Texas
Established in 1925, Kiddie Park claims to be the oldest amusement park in the U.S. - a cozy little time warp nestled in a shady corner of the modern world.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Austin, Texas
A grove of colossal man-made flowers built to collect the sun's rays.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mural made of 100,000 pieces of hand blown glass, and one of the largest glass murals in the US.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The body of St. John Neumann and his collection of hundreds of relics, on display in a Philly church.
New York, New York
Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.
Brooklyn, New York
A library and shop devoted to the body, mortality, and bringing to light forgotten or neglected histories
New York, New York
Church in Manhattan holds the bloody sock of Padre Pio, among with many other unusual relics.
Brooklyn, New York
Abandoned 19th century homes once occupied by naval officers, soon to be demolished.
Salzburg, Austria
Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.
Salzburg, Austria
Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.
Hallstatt, Austria
An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Independence, Missouri
A museum celebrating the Victorian obsession with hair art.
Vác, Hungary
Hungarian mummies in beautiful painted coffins.