New Orleans, Louisiana
The Singing Oak
This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Introducing the Green Fairy to her fawning masses.
New Orleans, Louisiana
An old-timey wax exhibition campily depicting New Orleans legends and scandals.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.
Boca Chica, Florida
A nude beach alongside a washed-out road.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.
Stockholm, Sweden
It houses the remains of a 17th-century version of the Titanic.
Albany, Georgia
The ruins of a resort and casino sit on the banks of this blue hole spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of warm, clear water every minute.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The crumbling remains of a 19th century fortess.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Taxidermied cartoon heads, unseen illustrations, and famous characters all reside in this small gallery space.
Oakland, California
Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.
Bologna, Italy
Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.
Estero, Florida
Long before Europeans arrived, Native Americans built an artificial island out of shells that has withstood a millennia of hurricanes.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
St. Augustine, Florida
Built around 1723, this is the oldest surviving home in the U.S.'s oldest colonial city.
Australia
This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.
West Alton, Missouri
Stand at the point where the two mightiest rivers in the United States converge.
Williams, Arizona
Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.
Ellsworth, Maine
This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.
Dublin, Ireland
This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.
Antwerp, Belgium
This small corner bar is home to a rare 1930s dance organ that still plays tunes for one Euro.
Portola Valley, California
The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.
Florence, Italy
The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.