Austin, Texas
The Harry Ransom Center
The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.
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Austin, Texas
The upstairs reading room is packed with millions of rare books, literary manuscripts, and historical treasures.
Durham, England
This library dates back to the late 17th century and was one of the first public lending libraries in England.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.
Rye, England
Also known as Rye Castle, this 13th-century fortification later became a prison and held one of Rye's most famous criminals.
Rye, England
An ancient water supply dating back almost 500 years can still be found standing in East Sussex.
Rye, England
This centuries-old hotel hides a network of secret cellars and passages once used by smugglers.
Monrovia, California
This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.
Regina, Saskatchewan
This Art Deco landmark claims to be the longest bridge over the shortest span of water in the world.
Toronto, Ontario
This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.
Pickering, Ontario
The longest enclosed pedestrian bridge in the world spans 14 lanes of traffic and six rail tracks, all while lighting up the night sky.
Bollengo, Italy
An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.
Italy
A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.
Maglione, Italy
Over 100 artworks are painted on the walls of this town, making it an open-air museum of contemporary art.
Durham, North Carolina
This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.
Durham, North Carolina
This research center for rare prosimians is studying how they sleep to help prolong human life.
Savannah, Georgia
This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.
Ypres, Belgium
In the shadow of a former battleground, the resting place for nearly 2,000 soldiers who died in World War I.
Brandy Station, Virginia
At Brandy Station, Civil War soldiers left their mark on the battlefield and the walls of this small wooden house.
Mexico City, Mexico
Though the name might suggest otherwise, this is an American cemetery.
Savannah, Georgia
One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.
Newhaven, England
A Victorian Fort built into the chalky cliffs that overlook the English Channel.
Thurgoland, England
A repurposed railway tunnel with otherworldly acoustic characteristics.
Södermalm, Sweden
It was meant to help transport wounded soldiers to a secret underground hospital.
Darwin, Australia
Visitors can swim with vicious predators in Crocosaurus Cove's plastic daredevil enclosure.