Lisbon, Portugal
Pavilhão Chinês
Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.
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Lisbon, Portugal
Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.
Elmira, New York
This formerly abandoned amusement park includes a classic carousel and a replica of Mark Twain's famous hut-like Elmira study.
Winona, Missouri
A 40-foot waterfall flows into this unique natural swimming hole.
Columbus, New Mexico
Located near the U.S.-Mexico border, this park remembers the famous raid of General Francisco “Pancho” Villa and his soldiers.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.
Georgia
This mansion on an island off the coast of Georgia once belonged to a 108-year-old heiress.
Yuma, Colorado
This Colorado gallery is primarily for cars, but its collection also includes quilts, pottery, and more.
Washington, D.C.
Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.
North Port, Florida
This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.
Jacksonville, Florida
A sprawling maze of used books piled from floor to ceiling.
Tampa, Florida
This funky outdoor gallery in Florida is filled with whimsical recycled art installations.
Tampa, Florida
These former theme park figures have a new lease on life outside a water plant-turned-restaurant.
Baywood-Los Osos, California
Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.
Lake Powell, Utah
The damming of the Colorado River buried an iconic geologic formation before record-breaking drought brought it back.
Scottsdale, Arizona
An open-air, roadside eatery celebrating a historic indigenous cuisine of complicated significance.
Salem, Massachusetts
A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.
Rovaniemi, Finland
Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.
Dubuque, Iowa
An underground wonderland in Iowa.
Ranier, Minnesota
This 25-foot-tall statue was built as a protest to a property dispute.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
The home of an antique carousel still in operation.
Shinnston, West Virginia
A 21-foot-tall statue of a miner made of scrap metal stands in this West Virginia coal town.
Germantown, Maryland
One of only two sites in the United States containing the remains of Buddha.
Jasper, Arkansas
These waterfalls can be twins or triplets, depending on how much it's rained recently.
Naples, Italy
Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.