Chester, West Virginia
World's Largest Teapot
First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.
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Chester, West Virginia
First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.
Hopewell TWP, Pennsylvania
10,500 square feet of pinball housed in former dollar store and home to the last playable "Thunderball."
Altoona, Pennsylvania
A full-service gas station known as the oldest in America.
Lilly, Pennsylvania
This sanitorium-turned-asylum-turned-prison is now abandoned and a hotspot for enjoyers of the paranormal.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Drogheda, Ireland
The severed head of a 17th-century Irish martyr lies within an intricate golden shrine.
Dublin, Ireland
This courtly monument celebrates an influential comedian who turned taking the piss out of the powers-that-be into an art.
Dublin, Ireland
The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.
Dublin, Ireland
The house where the writer spent his formative years.
Dublin, Ireland
The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
Dublin, Ireland
This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.
South Park Township, Pennsylvania
One man's real life disfigurement inspired a lasting local legend surrounding an eerie tunnel.
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
A retrofuturistic art installation in the Pittsburgh Airport.
Baltimore, Maryland
The likeness of the Baltimore music icon was unveiled in time for the anniversary of his Senate hearings on music censorship.
Baltimore, Maryland
A small 19th-century graveyard tucked away in the middle of a suburban neighborhood.
Everett, Pennsylvania
Built in the 1970s, this curious modular home found new life as a sundae-shaped ice cream stand.
Aristes, Pennsylvania
A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
Centralia, Pennsylvania
A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.
Hershey, Pennsylvania
This extraordinary Depression-era expenditure was modeled after a postcard of a Mediterranean hotel.
Glamis, California
This vast and otherworldly landscape is one of the largest dune complexes in North America.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The bullet-riddled wall from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, bloodstains enhanced for your viewing pleasure.
Las Vegas, Nevada
“Live hard, ride fast, eat pizza” at this joint filled with Evel Knievel memorabilia.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This Las Vegas casino boasts one of only three spiral escalators in the United States—an engineering wonder.