Tryon, North Carolina
Nina Simone's Childhood Home
The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Tryon, North Carolina
The wooden house where the jazz great learned to play the piano.
Holbrook, Arizona
For those going through a life transition, a place to leave behind a piece of your former self.
Washington, D.C.
Sit where JFK proposed to Jackie or where Nixon dined on meatloaf at this storied pub.
Brooklyn, New York
A charming "tea atelier" hidden away in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Tokyo, Japan
Inside the columbarium, thousands of colorful, high-tech Buddhas guard the ashes of the dead.
Bangkok, Thailand
At a Bangkok bistro, one pot of beef stew has been cooking non-stop for more than 45 years.
Paris, France
This statue was given to France by the United States to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.
Mexico City, Mexico
These museum grounds are a Dalai Lama-declared peace oasis.
Queens, New York
This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.
New York, New York
This taxidermy scene brings the struggle for survival in the Indian jungle to a quiet corner of a Manhattan museum.
New York, New York
Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Leaf through over 30,000 artists' sketchbooks in what may be the world's largest collection of doodles
New Mexico
One man has carved a number of natural New Mexico caves into psychedelic sandstone temples.
Irkutsk, Russia
Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.
Almuñécar, Spain
The extensive relics of an ancient Roman and Phoenician fish processing plant hide in a town park.
Almuñécar, Spain
Despite its grandiose name, this enigmatic first-century void under the town is no cave, and it's possibly not a palace either.
New York, New York
A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
Tambon Kuet Chang, Thailand
Thailand's distressed elephants find peace at this Chiang Mai sanctuary.
Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic
Collection of fossils, plants, and ancient animals encased in amber.
Barcelona, Spain
A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.
Topeka, Kansas
These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.
Los Angeles, California
Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.
Amboy, California
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Yosemite National Park, California
The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.