Thomasville, Georgia
Lapham-Patterson House
A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.
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Thomasville, Georgia
A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.
Fayetteville, New York
Surprisingly aquamarine waters fill deep lakes formed at the end of the last ice age.
Honolulu, Hawaii
What remains of the summer palace of King Kamehameha III.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.
Meagher, Montana
Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.
Locust Grove, Virginia
The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.
French Polynesia
This beautiful eden was once the vacation home of Tahitian royals before Marlon Brando bought it.
Whigham, Georgia
This protected reserve is home to a rare and beautiful species of flower.
Inyo County, California
This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.
Skipton, England
Harry Potter once visited this massive limestone cliff, which was carved by an ancient glacial river.
El Tiemblo, Spain
Whether they are bulls or pigs, these ancient animal sculptures are fascinating relics.
Inarajan, Guam
Located on Guam's south shore, this small cave is named for an ancient and powerful Chamorro Chief.
Cold Spring, New York
Reforestation in action is the main attraction in this abandoned quarry.
Moenjodaro, Pakistan
This lost city belongs to one of the earliest civilizations in the world.
Atlanta, Georgia
Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.
Cinto Euganeo, Italy
A sudden, striking cluster of hills south of Padua has been attracting visitors for centuries.
Huelgoat, France
If they push on just the right spot, even the weakest person can move this titanic boulder.
Aguascalientes, Mexico
A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.
Klamath, California
These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.
Aix-en-Provence, France
Now a memorial, this factory was once used as a concentration camp for artists by the Vichy government.
Kuril Islands, Russia
Thanks to this small string of islands World War II still hasn't officially ended between Russia and Japan.
Juneau, Alaska
This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.
Santorini, Greece
A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.
Honolulu, Hawaii
This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.