Gainesville, Florida
University of Florida Bat Houses
The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.
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Gainesville, Florida
The world's largest occupied bat houses hold hundreds of thousands of flying mammals.
Gainesville, Florida
This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.
Chiefland, Florida
A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.
Williston, Florida
This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.
Chesterfield, New Hampshire
Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.
Burlington, Vermont
This 38-drawer structure claims the superlative title, but it isn't the world's only giant filing cabinet.
Graniteville, Vermont
Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.
Jaffrey, New Hampshire
Known as one of the most climbed mountains in the world, this barren peak is permanently bald thanks to an anti-wolf fire.
Lyndeborough, New Hampshire
Beautiful natural falls where Satan once ruined a pot of beans.
Mason, New Hampshire
The childhood home of the meat inspector who would become the face of America.
Nashua, New Hampshire
Restaurant in a 1741 farmhouse that touts the story of its haunting on its menus.
York, Maine
True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.
North Adams, Massachusetts
The railroad tunnel nicknamed the "Bloody Pit" for taking the lives of hundreds during its construction.
Greenfield, Massachusetts
Locals say Williams' ghost still haunts the place where she was murdered.
Mount Washington, Massachusetts
One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.
Boston, Massachusetts
The oldest Italian café in Boston, this spot also serves as a veritable museum of vintage coffee ephemera.
Bruges, Belgium
This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.
Cartagena, Colombia
This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.
Cartagena, Colombia
A mouldering Colombian bull ring stands as a reminder of the country's complicated relationship with a brutal sport.
Barú, Colombia
Hidden amid the tropical forest in the Caribbean Sea are the decaying ruins of the Cocaine King's luxurious island party home.
Guatape, Colombia
Ripped apart by a bomb in 1993, the shell of Pablo Escobar's infamous vacation house still stands.
Puerto Triunfo, Colombia
Former drug lord’s manor, now a theme park. Watch out for the hippos.
Dublin, Ireland
A museum that cashes in on its infamous little people while teaching you a thing or two about the Irish fey.