Clarksdale, Mississippi
Clarksdale Crossroads
Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.
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Clarksdale, Mississippi
Giant novelty guitars now mark the spot where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil.
DeFuniak Springs, Florida
The highest point in Florida is still the lowest high point in the country.
Blairsville, Georgia
Georgia's highest point was given its strange name thanks to a simple translation error.
Delta, Alabama
The highest point in Alabama was almost completely deforested, but is now home to protected towers and trees.
New Orleans, Louisiana
By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.
Junction City, Kansas
A cannon designed to fire an atomic warhead.
St. Louis, Missouri
An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Vancouver, British Columbia
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.
Belpasso, Italy
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
Siġġiewi, Malta
Ancient mysterious ruts carved in the bedrock.
Rabat, Malta
Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Palermo, Italy
This Arabesque Italian castle was built with a primitive, if ingenious, air-conditioning system.
Tromsø, Norway
The world's most charming instant portrait studio also happens to be its smallest.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Sunset, South Carolina
The highest point in South Carolina was once owned by an energy company that neglected it but now the state is taking it back.
New York, New York
The rough and tumble president's childhood home displays the shirt he was once shot in and the speech that saved him.
New York, New York
Slyly buy a shake in the Parker Meridien lobby.
Amityville, New York
The site of a tragic massacre that spawned a multimedia franchise.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Cork, Ireland
A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.