Floyd, Virginia
Floyd Country Store
Every Friday night, Appalachian string-bands turn this country store and soda fountain into a raucous jamboree.
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Floyd, Virginia
Every Friday night, Appalachian string-bands turn this country store and soda fountain into a raucous jamboree.
Greensboro, North Carolina
This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.
Fort Washington, Maryland
This fort down the Potomac from Washington, D.C. was once the only defensive fort protecting the capital.
Alexandria, Virginia
The only place for a truly presidential dram.
Alexandria, Virginia
Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.
Falls Church, Virginia
A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.
Arlington, Virginia
It is a 50-foot tall sculpture made of a reclaimed wind turbine wing, concrete, steel, and coins from around the world, located off the Columbia Pike in Northern Virginia suburbia.
Dingolfing, Germany
In a small churchyard in Dingolfing, Germany the quaint Schusterkapelle is there to remind you of your imminent mortality.
Passau, Germany
Shimmering sea-colored mosaics and Jesus statues cover this opulent building.
Passau, Germany
When a medieval fire claimed the original St. Stephen’s Cathedral, it sparked a pattern of unquenchable organ building.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A sculpture of a beloved local figure, who tipped his top hat to everyone he passed on the streets of Bratislava.
Bratislava, Slovakia
A sculpture of the beloved author surrounded by characters from his fairy tales.
Bratislava, Slovakia
No one knows the origin of this creepy little stone man with an oversized phallus.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Often mistaken as a medieval Gothic monument, this unique cornerstone only dates back to the 1980s.
Bratislava, Slovakia
An unconventional memorial to the women burned as witches in Bratislava.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.
Graz, Austria
Fantastic stories on a miniature railroad.
Graz, Austria
Austria's ultra-modern art museum looks like Cthulhu's giant alien heart.
Trakošćan, Croatia
This Croatian fairytale castle is slowly falling apart thanks to years of neglect.
Munich, Germany
Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Alleghe, Italy
A devastating landslide accidentally created this tourist hotspot.
Munich, Germany
Among the ostentatious rococo ornamentation of this church, an image of death cuts the life-thread.
Munich, Germany
The footprint of a frustrated devil in Munich's Cathedral.