Yarmouth, Massachusetts
The Edward Gorey House
Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Yarmouth, Massachusetts
Eclectic collections, artwork, and some feline friends fill the writer's former home.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
A 19th-century smallpox cemetery is being reclaimed by scrub forest and sand dunes.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Paris, France
A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.
Lakewood, Colorado
At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.
Fairmont, West Virginia
This technicolor classic diner is known for its nine-pound banana splits and retro flair.
Glenfinnan, Scotland
Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.
Hawthorne, California
The Southern California pop sounds of surf and sand were born right here.
Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Yorklyn, Pennsylvania
An outlandish shoe shaped house built by an eccentric millionaire.
Worcester, Massachusetts
This boulder with a 200-word legal dedication to God has remained hidden in the woods for over 150 years.
Baltimore, Maryland
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
Montreal, Québec
The skyline of Montreal includes the silhouette of an unexpected fruit-shaped Canadian staple.
Big Pine Key, Florida
Thousands of signed dollar bills turn a simple tavern into a living record of travelers’ comings and goings.
Sagada, Philippines
Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This charming colonial alleyway is one of the oldest continuously used residential streets in the U.S.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This cathedral dedicated to Louis IX, sainted King of France, holds many secrets.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A collection of oddities including Dr. Kevorkian's suicide device, the Thanatron.
Salem, Massachusetts
One man’s hobby is another man’s world of metal wonders.
Natick, Massachusetts
The American author whose "rags-to-riches" stories were popular during the Gilded Age.
Medfield, Massachusetts
Unlike other abandoned asylums this empty institution welcomes visitors, just don't go in the buildings.