London, England
The House of Dreams Museum
This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.
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London, England
This wildly-tiled artist's palace is a living and growing account of the creator's life, loves, and labors.
London, England
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
London, England
An easily overlooked stretch of ornate window fronts and gaslight lamps that could be right from the pages of Dickens.
Memphis, Tennessee
This head-spinningly bizarre Depression-era art cave is wall-to-wall quartz and Jesus.
Rome, Italy
Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.
Rome, Italy
The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.
Matera, Italy
People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.
Ravenna, Italy
Italian poet Dante Alighieri is entombed in this small mausoleum in Ravenna, and his hometown of Florence has never been too happy about it.
Andria, Italy
Geometry and mystery come together in an epic show of octagonal masonry.
Alberobello, Italy
Southern Italy's spinning top village.
Florence, Italy
Renaissance hospital featuring a rotating door into which unwanted babies were dropped.
Vernazza, Italy
Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.
Ravenna, Italy
Filled with goldfish swimming in a shallow pool of sea water, this ancient crypt is more wishing well than burial site.
Rome, Italy
The only "Egyptian" pyramid in Europe and the legendary tomb of Remus.
Fairfax Station, Virginia
This Virginia railway overpass is said to be haunted by a serial killer in a rabbit costume.
Fort Washington, Maryland
This rare triple-jurisdiction drawbridge passes through Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.
Alexandria, Virginia
A former major munitions plant that has been converted into a sprawling art space.
Alexandria, Virginia
This stately building in Alexandria, Virginia was built by Freemasons to honor one of their most famous members.
Alexandria, Virginia
This grave marks the passing of a historic Jane Doe whose identity remains a mystery to this day.
Alexandria, Virginia
An original apothecary from 1792.
Silver Spring, Maryland
An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.
Washington, D.C.
This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
New Windsor, New York
100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.