Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Barnes Foundation
Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Monterey, California
The oldest U.S. Government building in California, and it's State Historic Landmark #1.
Lima, Peru
The mortal remains of an estimated 70,000 people lie in the basement of a monastery in Lima, Peru.
Washington, D.C.
Home to items never before seen by the public.
New York, New York
A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.
New York, New York
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Baltimore, Maryland
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
Key West, Florida
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Hartford, Connecticut
The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.
Key West, Florida
The birthplace of American international flight service has been turned into a celebrity's microbrewery.
Winslow, Arizona
This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.