Rye, England
The Mermaid Inn
This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.
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Rye, England
This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.
Mitoyo, Japan
A unique art exhibit home to letters addressed to those unable to receive them.
Elberta, Utah
This lonely gas station has stood at this location since 1917.
Bolivia
On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.
Dresden, Germany
The largest treasure hoard in Europe is contained in a castle that was bombed out during World War II.
Santa Cruz, California
A strange house built only at night, with rumored mystic inspiration.
Bury Saint Edmunds, England
The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.
New York, New York
Great place to have a drink and a bite to eat in an atmosphere laden with New York's Bohemian past.
Sheffield, England
Amidst towering office buildings, a local pub lives inside Sheffield’s oldest surviving domestic building.
London, England
The bar where "The Great Train Robbery" was planned was once a nexus of high society and low morals.
Southampton, England
This 700-year-old storehouse was a POW jail, aviation workshop, and Titanic memorial before becoming a brewpub.
London, England
This East End pub gained notoriety as the site where gangster Ronnie Kray publicly shot a rival.
Ashland, Massachusetts
A historic pub with traditional Irish cuisine, fine drinks, and a paranormal past.
London, England
This 19th-century pub features stained-glass windows celebrating Victorian-era “champions.”
Edinburgh, Scotland
This historic pub has maintained much of its 1906 decor, including a small sequestered room for women, where orders were slipped through a tiny window.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Sonoma, California
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
Frankfurt, Germany
This museum explores the history of the city's public transportation. Its collection includes the world's oldest preserved electric trolley car.
Yuncheng, China
Rainbow-hued in the summer and crystalline in the winter, this salty lake has inspired battles, temples, and plenty of awe.
Zhangye Shi, China
These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.
Puerto Río Tranquilo, Chile
Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.
Zhangjiajie, China
This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”
Municipiul Sebeș, Romania
Romania's "Red Ravine" is a little-known natural wonder that bears a resemblance to the Grand Canyon.
Ehlanzeni, South Africa
Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.