Rehovot, Israel
Ida's Nut Roll Gravestone
A family recipe is just one of several touches that make this Hebrew headstone special.
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Rehovot, Israel
A family recipe is just one of several touches that make this Hebrew headstone special.
Dzitnup, Mexico
These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.
Las Vegas, Nevada
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.
Las Vegas, Nevada
James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.
Sydney, Australia
A boardwalk winds through this sliver of coastal nature hidden within Sydney.
Arlington, Virginia
Born a slave on the Arlington estate, Parks dug the first graves at Arlington National Cemetery, and was buried there, too.
Wicklow, Ireland
Not actually a shop, but one fan's passionate show of support for a rival county's Gaelic football team.
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
The final resting place of a prominent Chippewa chief and several Native American children.
Savannah, Georgia
More than a century after her death, Little Gracie Watson remains one of Savannah's most often-visited residents.
Al Haouz, Morocco
The remains of a magnificent medieval fortress that was the capital of a vast empire.
Antarctica
An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.
Tallinn, Estonia
This set of concrete chambers resonates according to different notes of octaves.
Nicholls, Australia
Outside the National Dinosaur Museum, dozens of dinosaur statues and sculptures claim the landscape.
Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal's National Pantheon has a history of curses, collapses and financial problems.
Adair, Iowa
Lured here by the promise of tens of thousands in gold, Jesse James started a quintessentially American trend of robbing trains in-motion.
Gunnison, Colorado
The first railway tunnel to cross the Continental Divide and, at 11,523 feet, was once the highest railroad tunnel in the world.
Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
An unusual and eclectic collection of local historical memorabilia.
Hawthorne, Florida
This impeccably preserved farmstead is a time capsule of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist's life.
Trieste, Italy
One of the tallest lighthouses in the world also serves as a monument to the fallen of World War I.
Alicante, Spain
Down this yellow brick road, visitors are treated to toadstool houses and massive mushroom sculptures.
Middletown, Connecticut
The gravestone of an eccentric Connecticut doctor features dinosaur tracks and a pair of fossil tree casts.
Turukhansky District, Russia
Stalin's prisoner-built rail line sits in ruin, never having a single car ride its tracks.
Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
This abandoned iron furnace was one of the first to use coke—a type of high-carbon fuel—to make iron.