New Orleans, Louisiana
The Tree of Life
This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
This knobby, drooping New Orleans oak is a favorite place both for climbing and for meeting giraffes.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Its incredible collection preserves 170 years of sewing machine history.
New York, New York
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
Altona, Manitoba
A massive, 76-foot-high version of a Van Gogh painting in Canada’s sunflower capital.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Pleistocene megafauna fossils are the subject of Nevada's newest state park at the northern edge of the Las Vegas metropolitan area.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The so-called "Father of Las Vegas" had the city's first telephone installed in his office in 1907.
Twentynine Palms, California
While you're unlikely to find riches here these days, this remote mine is a time capsule of the Gold Rush era.
Twentynine Palms, California
Artist Jack Pierson made this surreal sculpture in honor of Wonder Valley, a countercultural community on edge of civilization.
Tayma, Saudi Arabia
In the Arabian Desert, a surreal rock formation stands cut clean in half.
Tamri, Morocco
Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.
Big Bend National Park, Texas
This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.
Hume, California
This hidden fire lookout offers spectacular views of Sequoia National Park.
Steventon, England
The world's smallest Austen museum is inside an unassuming phone booth.
Woodstock, New Hampshire
These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.
Oxford, England
Originally founded in 1654, this coffee house claims to be the oldest of its kind in Europe.
Deer Isle, Maine
Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.
Kennebunkport, Maine
The world's oldest and largest museum of mass transit vehicles.
Rovaniemi, Finland
Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.
Warsaw, Poland
A group of tiny bears has occupied various spots across Warsaw's Bemowo district.
Jacksonville, Florida
The oldest continuously-running professional dinner theater in the United States.
Neuhausen, Germany
Home to the world's largest collection of nutcrackers.
Brescia, Italy
Explore the evolution of photography and cinema through historical and contemporary equipment.
Turin, Italy
See every month of the year personified at this opulent Turinese fountain.
Zaandam, Netherlands
This windmill has been grinding pigments for traditional paints for more than 200 years.