Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Maillardet's Automaton
The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
Rovaniemi, Finland
If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?
Roudbar Alamout, Iran
This ruined fortress was the stronghold for a persecuted medieval leader and his infamous Assassins.
Paris, France
Walk upon the mementos of the dead in this Parisian courtyard paved with medieval tombstones.
Paris, France
This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.
San Diego, California
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
Helsinki, Finland
No matter how many times this community-run sauna gets destroyed, it always rises from the ashes.
Fairhope, Alabama
This small hut in the middle of a parking lot was once the wooded sanctuary of the 'Hermit of Montrose.'
Petersburg, Virginia
An innovative attempt to break a siege in the American Civil War still scars the earth today.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This strange example of the Egyptian Revival architecture trend now holds Mardi Gras floats.
Marion, Ohio
This presidential tomb was not dedicated until years after Harding's death due to personal controversy.
Nazca, Peru
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
Canal Winchester, Ohio
"You can only scalp a customer once, but you can give him a haircut every two weeks"-Barber's Maxim.
Westerville, Ohio
Artifacts fill the old headquarters of the hugely influential political movement to ban alcohol in the United States.
Powell, Ohio
A monument to a Native American leader who was known for never breaking a promise and met his end after signing a deal with white settlers.
Hilliard, Ohio
A retro walk through the history of the tube.
Columbus, Ohio
A single handprint, which, according to Ohio State University legend, cannot be scrubbed off.
Columbus, Ohio
This whimsical campus lawn is dotted with large sculpted numbers and hidden mathematical formulas.
Salzburg, Austria
Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.
Rennes-le-Château, France
French commune at the heart of conspiracies.
Hinckley, Ohio
Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.