St. Charles, Illinois
Ghoulish Mortals
This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.
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St. Charles, Illinois
This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.
Ely, Nevada
Welcome to a feel-good American drugstore, in the classic sense of the term.
Bluff, Utah
A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.
Lares, Puerto Rico
The location of Puerto Rico's first water bottling plant, thanks to a collaboration between Mother Nature and technology.
Castlemartin, Wales
Tucked among the sand dunes overlooking a Welsh beach, a real-life tribute to a fictional elf.
Anchorage, Alaska
While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.
Larne, Northern Ireland
The artwork is a community's ode to the "father of Irish tourism."
Edinburgh, Scotland
The most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?
Winter Park, Colorado
This old train trestle and collapsed tunnel once allowed the railroad to negotiate the steep slopes of the Colorado Rockies.
Jevington, England
This blue plaque commemorates the unexpected origin of one of the world's most beloved deserts.
Pie Town, New Mexico
This popular pitstop lives up to its name.
Florence, Italy
Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.
Casablanca, Morocco
The rubbery beast is sculpted from recycled materials.
Kansas City, Missouri
Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.
Charleston, Newfoundland and Labrador
An abandoned amusement park hints at the twisted history of the Newfoundland Railway.
Tucson, Arizona
An Arizona museum with a collection of pharmaceutical oddities, including a jar of a gangster's chewed gum.
Tonopah, Nevada
In the middle of a remote desert town is a surprisingly opulent hotel.
Kargakonmaz Köyü, Turkey
Natural rock formation, or biblical artifact that saved Earth's wildlife two by two?
Rybachiy, Russia
The reason for the strange contortions in the trunks of these "drunken" pine trees in Russia is still a mystery.
New York, New York
The walls are decorated with whimsical murals painted by the creator of the Madeline franchise.
Pāhoa, Hawaii
Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.
Canterbury, England
This strangely dressed taxidermy creature has a heartbreaking story.
Matera, Italy
An abandoned quarry hides an open-air gallery of huge sculptures, some made from the rubble of 9/11.