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Gravity Hill starting line.

Prosser, Washington

Gravity Hill

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

Yoro Park

Yoro, Japan

Yoro Park

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

Edgar Allan Poe’s Grave

Baltimore, Maryland

Edgar Allan Poe’s Grave

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.

General Sherman

Sequoia National Park, California

General Sherman

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

The clock is at the Nippon TV tower in Shiodome, Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan

The Giant Ghibli Clock

Tokyo’s only Vaudeville-cuckoo clock–steampunk-Victorian curio cabinet time piece.

Behold! The oldest door in Britain!!

London, England

Britain’s Oldest Door

At almost 1,000 years old, this is the oldest known door in all of Britain.

Leonardo da Vinci Statue, Airport Rome, Italy

Rome, Italy

Secret Compartment in Leonardo da Vinci Statue

A secret hatch containing two parchments was discovered in this statue over 40 years after its installation.

The Morris-Jumel Mansion

New York, New York

The Morris-Jumel Mansion

The oldest house in Manhattan is now a museum that remembers the home's sordid history of scandals, vice-presidents, and ghosts.

Bamboo

Kawasaki, Japan

Edison Bamboo

The bamboo that helped Thomas Edison develop a longlasting lightbulb.

This stone depicts the Templars of Honor and Temperance, Supreme Council: Marble depicting alternatives to alcohol, including ice cream.

Washington, D.C.

Washington Monument Commemorative Stones

Ruins from the Parthenon and petrified wood line the interior of one of the world's most famous monuments.

Napoleon’s Hat at Le Procope

Paris, France

Napoleon’s Hat at Le Procope

The French leader's hat sits in a glass case at the oldest restaurant in Paris.

A plaque detailing information about astronaut Charles Duke, his moon walk, and his induction into the South Carolina Hall of Fame, sits just beneath the imprints of his moon boots outside the Myrtle Beach Convention Center.

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Apollo Moonprints in Cement

The imprints of astronaut Charles Duke’s moon boots live on at Myrtle Beach’s official South Carolina Hall of Fame.

The Tiny Bread Box.

Vernon, Vermont

Tiny Bread Box

Every Saturday morning, this microbakery fills up with freshly baked pastries and sourdough breads.

Innis House.

Fredericksburg, Virginia

Innis House

A home that witnessed Civil War combat on the Sunken Road has the battle scars to prove it.

Grimy, smokey patch left behind after cleaning

New York, New York

Grand Central Ceiling Dark Patch

A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.

The majestic, moss-hung oasis of Brookgreen Gardens’ Live Oak Allée.

Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

Live Oak Allée at Brookgreen Gardens

Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.

Some of Sandy Island’s wetlands.

Pawleys Island, South Carolina

Sandy Island Preserve

Not only is this nature preserve the largest protected freshwater island on the East Coast, but it’s also a stronghold of Gullah living.

Row of lava lamps

San Francisco, California

Encryption Lava Lamps

The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.

Torri di Bologna

Bologna, Italy

Towers of Bologna

Over 100 towers were built in Bologna during the Middle Ages, but only 22 survive.

The giardino Pantesco at Donnafugata vineyards.

Pantelleria, Italy

Giardino Pantesco

This ancient walled garden turns fog into food.

Grand Central Terminal Whispering Gallery

New York, New York

Grand Central Terminal Whispering Gallery

Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.

Delaware-Maryland-Pennsylvania Tri-State Point

Landenberg, Pennsylvania

Delaware-Maryland-Pennsylvania Tri-State Point

The meeting of the northwestern corner of Delaware, the northeastern corner of Maryland, and the southern edge of Pennsylvania.

Open, Sesame!

Savannah, Georgia

Plant Riverside

A once-groundbreaking power plant turned into a hotel and mini-museum of archeological and geological wonders.

Highway 412

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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