Lisbon, Portugal
A Ginjinha
Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.
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Lisbon, Portugal
Sip cherry liqueur at a bar dating back to 1840.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
One of the world's oldest continually operating bookstores.
Lovere, Italy
Exchange a book at the entrance of this medieval Lovere alley.
Hamburg, Germany
Dating back to the Pre-Roman Iron Age, this piece of bread is Europe's oldest surviving formed bakery product.
Bournemouth, England
The author of Frankenstein is buried here, along with her parents and the heart of her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
San Rafael, Mexico
A shrine in the middle of this pond represents a Mesoamerican creation myth.
Pantperthog, Wales
This water-powered cliffside railway is one of the steepest funiculars in the world.
Singapore
A private home museum with a collection of over 5,000 Peranakan artifacts.
Berlin, Germany
After fleeing the Syrian civil war, chef Malakeh Jazmati began serving exceptional renditions of her homeland's cuisine in Berlin.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Ryerss mansion in Burholme Park now houses a community library and a museum filled with a trove of oddities from around the world.
Potsdam, Germany
The home of president Truman during the Potsdam Conference, and the place from which the atomic bomb strike on Japan was triggered.
Sulphur Springs, Arkansas
These springs were once the source of a tourism boom to Sulphur Springs.
Kayseri, Turkey
A giant replica of an Assyrian cuneiform tablet stands in the middle of a busy intersection near the city center of Kayseri.
New York, New York
This sculptural piece by the artist Tom Otterness doubles as a jungle gym.
West Point, New York
West Point’s only monument to a woman veteran stands above an empty grave.
West Point, New York
The Brigadier General was so afraid of being buried alive that he had a buzzer installed in his mausoleum, just in case he woke up.
London, England
An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.
London, England
This pub has roots dating back to 1430 and serves as the setting for multiple Charles Dickens stories.
London, England
A display of everyday life in the area that was unveiled during the 2012 Summer Olympics.
London, England
A wonderfully preserved example of London's 1960s-style high-density, low-rise public housing.
London, England
This lush area was the site of extensive enemy bombing during WWII.
London, England
A living memorial to the trees London lost during the Great Storm of 1987.
London, England
You will not be able to miss this building.
London, England
An eccentric Victorian aristocrat's enormous collection of medieval armor and weapons from around the world.