Lucca, Italy
Torre Guinigi (Guinigi Tower)
Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.
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Lucca, Italy
Fortified medieval tower house with lovely roof garden.
Essex, Connecticut
This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
A dramatic, 360-degree recreation of Pickett's Charge in the Civil War.
Sarasota, Florida
A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
Oro Grande, California
Hundreds of trees made from glass bottles make up this forest on Route 66.
Riverside, California
This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.
Groton, Connecticut
The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Washington, D.C.
A tiny piece of the Moon is embedded in this stained glass masterpiece.
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Québec
This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.
Baddeck, Nova Scotia
This Canadian monument to the man who invented the telephone allows visitors to get up close and personal with the artifacts of his life.
Roanoke, Virginia
Forget Hollywood, one of the biggest stars in the world can be found in Roanoke, Virginia.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Winslow, Arizona
This public square capitalized on a single Eagles reference to bring some life back to an Arizona town.
Holbrook, Arizona
A motel dedicated to Southwestern nostalgia.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Chartres, France
The famous winding walk at Chartres is surrounded in mystery and myth.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Bingen, Germany
Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.
Heidelberg, Germany
Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.
Rome, Italy
This delightful little museum is dedicated to only one thing: pasta.
Trinidad, Cuba
An old slave lookout in Cuba's historic sugar cane fields.
Arcadia, California
Arcadia is home to a haven for nature geeks and 80s TV lovers alike.