Los Angeles, California
Pink's Hot Dogs
World-famous, Pink's still manages to keep its prized cult fetish status.
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Places this traveler has marked as been there.
Cataño, Puerto Rico
Casa Bacardí
The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.
Baker, California
Alien Fresh Jerky
Finally the worlds of UFO enthusiasts and beef jerky lovers have come together in this roadside shop.
Ensenada, Mexico
Hussong’s Cantina
A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.
London, England
Twinings Tea Shop
A 300-year-old tea shop that brought tea to the English people, not to mention the Queen herself.
Key West, Florida
Blue Heaven Rooster Cemetery
A small poultry graveyard in the courtyard of a popular Key West watering hole.
Athens, Greece
Choragic Monument of Lysicrates
The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.
Dublin, Ireland
Dublin General Post Office
The modern birthplace of Irish freedom.
Thira, Greece
Atlantis Books
A quirky bookstore hidden beneath a sea of whitewashed Greek villas.
Sparta, Greece
Mystras
The ruins of an abandoned medieval city where the last Byzantine emperor was crowned.
Athens, Greece
Dromeas (The Runner)
A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.
Delos, Greece
The Temple of Dionysos
Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.
Mikonos, Greece
Terrace of the Lions
Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.
Marousi, Greece
Athens Olympic Sports Complex
What once sat in the world’s spotlight is today a largely disused ghost complex.
Santorini, Greece
Prehistoric Town of Akrotiri
A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.
Athens, Greece
St. Catherine's Greek Orthodox Church
A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.
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New York, New York
Obscura Antiques and Oddities
Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
Lisbon, Portugal
Jerónimos Monastery
Elaborately carved to showcase the glorious wealth that the age of exploration brought to the Portuguese empire.
Lisbon, Portugal
Rhinoceros of Belém Tower
A king's pet, a pope's gift, an artist's inspiration, and a tragic shipwreck.
Valencia, Spain
Holy Chalice of Valencia
Of the many chalices in the running for the Holy Grail, this one in Valencia Cathedral sure looks the part.
Madrid, Spain
The Tower of the Bones
Part of the medieval watchtower is displayed in an otherwise ordinary parking garage.
Madrid, Spain
Kilometre Zero
A stone slab in Madrid marks the point from which the distances of Spain's national roads are measured.
Madrid, Spain
Air Crash
A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.
Madrid, Spain
'La Plaza de la Luna'
In the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere, celestial wonders marked a portal to a powerful route of travel at this site in Madrid, Spain.
