Asheville, North Carolina
Biltmore Estate's Secret Passages
The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.
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Asheville, North Carolina
The enormous 250-room Vanderbilt mansion conceals hidden doors and secret passageways.
Bangor, Maine
This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.
Burlington, Kentucky
Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.
Petersburg, Kentucky
A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."
Cincinnati, Ohio
Mussolini gave Cincinnati a bronze statue of Romulus and Remus suckling at a wolf's teats.
Florence, Kentucky
After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.
Fairfield, Ohio
An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Koogi, Estonia
The widest natural waterfall in Estonia is a sight to see in all seasons.
Rakvere, Estonia
This behemoth bovine guards an Estonian town and is a memorial to the lost species.
Tallinn, Estonia
The oldest continuously operating pharmacy in Europe.
Sillamäe, Estonia
This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.
Moscow, Russia
This massive monument honors the first human in space.
Atlanta, Georgia
Located on the campus of Emory University, this museum is filled with objects from the Americas to ancient Greece.
Atlanta, Georgia
A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.
Atlanta, Georgia
A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.
Winslow, Arizona
This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Tarpon Springs, Florida
This small museum gives visitors a chance to soak up the history of the "sponge capital of the world."
Cartersville, Georgia
This mysterious twin turboprop Grumman G-159 covered in graffiti has spent a decade and a half abandoned.
White, Georgia
One of the world's largest automobile junkyards is a unique landscape of metal and moss.
Plains, Georgia
This 13-foot smiling peanut in Georgia helped Jimmy Carter win the 1976 presidential election.
Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta's strange assortment of concrete pillars inspires reflection in some, confusion in others.