New Haven, Connecticut
Louis' Lunch
While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.
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New Haven, Connecticut
While many places make the claim, the Library of Congress says this restaurant is the birthplace of the hamburger.
New Haven, Connecticut
137 graves holding New England's earliest residents.
Worksop, England
A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.
New York, New York
The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.
East Jerusalem, Israel
Descend 2,030 years into the past in an ancient tunnel built to support Jerusalem's most famous wall.
Roslin, Scotland
A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.
Montségur, France
This French castle is said to have once held the Holy Grail but is now a gorgeous mountaintop ruin.
Glastonbury, England
Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.
Jaca, Spain
This religious complex carved into a cliff is steeped in legends of miraculous stags and the Holy Grail.
Valencia, Spain
Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.
Montevallo, Alabama
Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.
Collettsville, North Carolina
A cabin completely covered in coffee mugs, where visitors are welcome to leave one of their own—if they can find an empty nail.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This Art Deco masterpiece has stood in for some of the most famous buildings in comic book history.
New Harmony, Indiana
This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This cemetery served as the only official burial grounds in Cambridge for nearly 200 years.
Amiens, France
The encased skull that is widely believed to belong to St. John the Baptist.
Amiens, France
Science fiction's grandfather has a fittingly marvelous tomb.
Tanis, Egypt
The once great capital of Egypt now crumbles forward as evocative ruins.
Brooklyn, New York
A burial ground of rusting metal grave markers.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Exeter, Rhode Island
The final resting place of New England's last "vampire."
Falmouth, Florida
The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.
Williston, Florida
This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.