Guymon, Oklahoma
U.S. Route 412
Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?
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Guymon, Oklahoma
Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?
Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France
The woman who helped save 15th-century France was born in this humble home.
Subiaco, Italy
This monastery set over a holy cave contains the oldest known painting of Saint Francis of Assisi.
Detroit, Michigan
Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.
Hamilton, Ontario
The first outlet of Canada's biggest fast-food franchise has been slinging doughnuts since 1964.
Brusio, Switzerland
This work of engineering is imbued with elegance and ingeniousness.
Pune, India
A centuries-old Hindu cave temple is tucked away in a quiet suburb.
Glasgow, Scotland
This small memorial honors a ferocious feline and local hero.
Manhattan, Nevada
The second seat of Nye County, still mostly a ghost town, has become a magnet for those looking to live "away from it all."
Stowe, Vermont
Vermont's hills are alive with the sound of music at this historic hotel.
Píllaro, Ecuador
The devil masks on display at this small museum are part of an annual festival that has been taking place for centuries.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A luxurious doomsday bunker hidden beneath an unassuming Las Vegas home offers the best of subterranean suburbia.
Florence, Arizona
The "Father of Arizona" tried to build a Zoroastrian fire temple on the hill where he's now buried.
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.
Washington, D.C.
Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.
Georgia
This mansion on an island off the coast of Georgia once belonged to a 108-year-old heiress.
Atessa, Italy
A preserved dragon's rib that remembers the legend of the founding of the city of Atessa.
Termoli, Italy
This fishing contraption sits on top of a series of spindly wooden stilts.
London, England
This building contains a door only used by members of the royal family.
Helsinki, Finland
This church also serves as a lighthouse complete with a beacon.
Thunderbolt, Georgia
A 19th-century cemetery device to ensure that the prematurely buried would be "saved by the bell."
Baywood-Los Osos, California
Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.
Parker, Arizona
One of the best-preserved ghost towns in Arizona speaks to the difficulties of establishing mining towns in the 19th century American West.