Tanjung Bungah, Malaysia
Cat Beach Sanctuary
A seaside haven for 300 rescued cats.
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Tanjung Bungah, Malaysia
A seaside haven for 300 rescued cats.
Salem, Massachusetts
An inn older than the Witch Trials.
Cantwell, Alaska
Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.
Zanzibar, Tanzania
In Zanzibar, a historic 19th-century palace is a reminder of the world's shortest war.
Berkeley, California
A celebration of once forgotten materials.
Salem, Massachusetts
The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.
Old Saybrook, Connecticut
House used in the 1971 horror film "Let's Scare Jessica to Death."
North Bennington, Vermont
The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."
Panguitch, Utah
The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Washington, D.C.
The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.
Alexandria, Virginia
The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.
Commugny, Switzerland
A tiny rural community in Switzerland was home to one of history's most shocking murders, and led to the banning of Absinthe for nearly a century.
Milford, Pennsylvania
One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.
Seattle, Washington
Every summer West Seattle experiences a housing bloom.
Vineland, New Jersey
This Great Depression-era creation was once known as the strangest house in the world.
London, England
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
Owosso, Michigan
The writing studio of an American adventure author, built in the style of a medieval castle.
Gothenburg, Sweden
This factory dominated the Swedish market, and is now a historic site.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
When a mechanical flaw rewrote aviation rules.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A damaged tree turned into a whimsical giant pencil that is sharpened each year.
Somerville, Massachusetts
A century-old factory reborn as an artist-run live-work building.
Kostol, Serbia
The remnants of what was once the longest bridge in the world.
Tainan City, Taiwan
Enter this dragon-shaped temple to see animatronic scenes depicting heaven and hell.