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Cafe al Mercato

Bronx, New York

Cafe al Mercato

Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.

 Looking northwest at abandoned southbound track of Rockaway Beach Branch.

Queens, New York

The Abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Railroad

A once crucial portion of the Long Island railroad still lays abandoned, waiting to be turned into an urban park.

The entrance on Doyers Street.

New York, New York

Nom Wah Tea Parlor

Dine on dumplings at the oldest dim sum restaurant in New York.

767 Third Avenue

New York, New York

767 Third Avenue

A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.

View from the pier

Brooklyn, New York

Louis Valentino Jr. Park and Pier

Take in a rare, face-to-face glimpse of Lady Liberty at this tucked away Red Hook park.

Gottlieb's Restaurant

Brooklyn, New York

Gottlieb's Restaurant

One of the few Glatt kosher delis in the United States is a cornerstone of its Hasidic neighborhood.

Union Square Metronome

New York, New York

Union Square Metronome

The most confusing clock in New York.

The Oldest Fence in New York

New York, New York

The Oldest Fence in New York

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

The shrine for the relics of the Apostle St. Thomas, Basilica in Ortona

Ortona, Italy

Relics of the Apostle St. Thomas

The relics of one of Jesus' 12 apostles are enshrined in this Italian Basilica.

Although there are two spigots, only red wine is provided

Villa Caldari, Italy

Cammino di San Tommaso Fountain of Wine

An Italian vineyard invites religious pilgrims to stop by 24/7 to get their drink on, for free.

Trabucco di Celestino

Termoli, Italy

Trabucco di Celestino

This fishing contraption sits on top of a series of spindly wooden stilts.

Eden V Shipwreck

Lesina Marina, Italy

Eden V Shipwreck

Remains of a cargo ship that wrecked in 1988.

The remains of Castel Fiorentino, once a strategic fortress in the Holy Roman Empire.

Torremaggiore, Italy

Castel Fiorentino

Frederick II died at this forgotten castle in Puglia, Italy.

San Juan replica seen from outside peaking out of the wharf

Pasaia, Spain

Albaola Itsas Kultur Faktoria

Get a close-up look at a 16th-century Basque whaling ship at this factory and museum.

Château d'Abbadie

Hendaye, France

Château d'Abbadie

The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.

An abandoned blockhouse.

Capbreton, France

Capbreton Blockhouses

Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.

Chapelle Des Miracles

Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, France

Chapelle Des Miracles

A historic chapel and a water fountain linked to 60 miracles.

Mom and two-month-old baby.

La Meignanne, France

Asinerie du Dolmen

At this unique farm, you can interact with adorable donkeys and view an ancient dolmen.

La Maison d'Adam (Adam's House)

Angers, France

La Maison d'Adam (Adam's House)

A medieval house adorned with enigmatic carvings, including one of a man displaying his masculine attributes.

Musee Robert Tatin

Cossé-le-Vivien, France

Musee Robert Tatin

A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.

The Pont Mac Racken spans the Mayenne river in the town of Mayenne

Mayenne, France

Mac Racken Bridge

This 19th-century stone bridge in Mayenne was renamed after an American soldier who died defusing explosives placed under it, saving it from destruction during the town’s liberation in August 1944.

Thomas Merton's hermitage.

New Haven, Kentucky

Thomas Merton's Hermitage

The Trappist monk, prophet-poet, and rebel never really got to live out the eremitic life he was seeking.

Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History

Bardstown, Kentucky

Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History

The history of whiskey and all of its boozy glory, from Colonial days to modern American cocktail culture.

Royal red shrimp are a seasonal delicacy found along the Florida coast and the Mississippi Delta.

Louisville, Kentucky

North of Bourbon

The menus here are a love letter to the culinary history of New Orleans.

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