Places Doran Manella Wants to Go

South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.

The industrial monstrosity known as Bagger 258 is a colossal mining machine built in the DDR - but now left for dead in a German field.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

It took over 100 years to decode this enigmatic epitaph for two buried brides.

This old cement mine has been used as everything from a mushroom farm to a recording studio.

The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.

"Gnome Chomsky" was once the largest gnome in the world, but is now simply tall for his kind.

A bronze kitty adorns the grave of the polar explorer who brought the original feline to the Antarctic.

A self-explanatory attraction allows fans to respectfully remember and honor a comedy legend.

Ward off bad luck and fill your bottle with "the most watery water" at this little roadside shrine in Yonezawa.

Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."

In the middle of suburban Staten Island, a nearly 150-year-old bakery is preserving the art of a disappearing New York treat.

Inside Crosswicks Creek Park resides an estate chronicling 200 years of history.

An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.

This lesser-known leaning tower is all that remains of the medieval castle of Vernazzano.

An ancient stone with mysterious origins stands in a residential neighborhood.

The oldest bookstore in Iceland.

This castle resides in a valley known for immense bloodshed during the Middle Ages.

Known as the "Fat Man of Maldon," Bright was a larger-than-life figure.

This beautiful architectural gem was the first waste treatment facility in Boston.

This funeral home had the honor, if that is the correct word, of hosting the funeral of the famous Sacco and Vanzetti.