Hastings, Nebraska
The Hastings Museum Kool-Aid Exhibit
The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.
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Hastings, Nebraska
The home for all things Kool-Aid offers everything except a chance to actually enjoy the drink.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.
Anacapri, Italy
The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.
Palermo, Italy
This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.
St. Paul's Bay, Malta
The ruins of a megalithic monument sit right in the garden of a luxurious Maltese resort.
Gibraltar
Single runway interrupted by a busy road that cuts across its middle.
Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten
Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.
Hilo, Hawaii
Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Gdańsk, Poland
A floundering Polish shipyard was once the soul of the Solidarity movement that capsized communism.
Gdańsk, Poland
This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.
Ghent, Belgium
This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum preserving torture methods from the past.
Helsinki, Finland
Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.
Pushkin, Russia
An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.
Paris, France
This massive library holds what was once the largest book collection in the world.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Marco Island, Florida
An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Charleston, South Carolina
South Carolina's last remaining slavery auction house is now a museum devoted to its own tragic history.