Brussels, Belgium
Commemoration of Peter the Great's Vomit
When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.
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Brussels, Belgium
When you're a great Russian Tsar, even your vomit gets a statue.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.
New York, New York
New York City's only wildlife rehabilitation center treats more than 3,000 feathered and furry patients each year.
New York, New York
Outstanding taxidermy dioramas showcase the grandeur of the continent's wildlife with spooky realism.
New York, New York
Creating this diorama spurred naturalist Carl Akeley to begin advocating to protect the apes.
New York, New York
Here be dragons.
New York, New York
Once thought to be the fabled Holy Grail, it is now known to be an oil lamp.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Austin, Texas
Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
New York, New York
Possible relics of the ancient Roman city are hidden in this restaurant's façade.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Tour the dark and beloved poet's former cobwebbed basement, which may have inspired "The Black Cat."
New York, New York
A treasure trove of artifacts, books, and artwork from the "golden age" of exploration.
Belize
Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.
Portland, Maine
Explore the dark underground corridors of this graffiti-covered former military fortification.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
New York, New York
A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.
New York, New York
Hidden in an ordinary Midtown building is a one-room museum dedicated to the greatest escape artist.
New York, New York
Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.
Hackensack, New Jersey
A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.
Chester Township, New Jersey
A farm in New Jersey grew a most unusual crop for AT&T's testing purposes.
Wantage, New Jersey
The highest point in New Jersey is marked by a massive, if simply named, obelisk.