Alliat, France
Niaux Cave Paintings
Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.
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Alliat, France
Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.
Ribadesella, Spain
A magnificent place to see authentic paleolithic cave paintings that are an astounding 33,000 years old.
Cruden Bay, Scotland
The remains of a grand castle that may have inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A museum packed with instruments, lyrics, and other mementos of the American folk icon.
Clarksdale, Mississippi
Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.
Carrollton, Mississippi
Tucked away on a hilltop in the backwoods of Mississippi lies the remains of a blues legend.
Hanko, Finland
The etchings on this narrow channel between two islands bear witness to maritime travelers who have passed through since the Middle Ages.
Isle of Eigg, Scotland
This cramped crevasse saw the entire population of its island suffocated inside its depths.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
Nottingham, England
Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.
Munich, Germany
These bronze pamphlets remember a remarkable group of Germans who fearlessly opposed the Nazis in the very center of their power.
Lucas, Kansas
Self-built house and sculpture park where the creator can still be seen in a glass coffin.
New Mexico
One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.
Gilmanton, New Hampshire
Birthplace of America's first documented serial killer.
London, England
The London statue that imitates passersby.
Evanston, Illinois
Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.
New York, New York
Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.
New York, New York
This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.
Gothenburg, Sweden
One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Nervesa della Battaglia, Italy
Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.
Oak Park, Illinois
The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.
Gold Beach, Oregon
This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.