Cambria, California
Victoria's Last Resort
Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.
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Cambria, California
Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.
Joshua Tree, California
An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.
Marshall, California
Built by the inventor of the radio, this abandoned hotel has housed early radio employees, military men, and a dangerous cult.
Deep River, Connecticut
The mysterious headstone of an unidentified bank robber was seen visited, every year, by a woman in black.
Washington, D.C.
A painfully obvious spy house sits right across the street from the Russian Embassy.
New York, New York
The oldest bibliophilia club in America, with exhibitions on historic books and graphic arts.
New York, New York
The former home of the reclusive "Weird Wendels" who dominated New York real estate a century before Donald Trump.
New York, New York
Hundreds of antique bank vault locks on display in New York City.
New York, New York
Everyone from Mark Twain to Teddy Roosevelt has a pipe hanging from the walls of this historic chophouse.
New York, New York
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
New York, New York
Amid the marketing blitz of modern Times Square is an elegant holdover from its showbiz glory days.
New York, New York
NYC's legendary underground network for bovine transportation.
New York, New York
A dark patch of the ceiling at Grand Central Terminal which was not restored is still stained brown by tobacco.
New York, New York
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
New York, New York
New York's oldest magic store.
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Lived-in building, bedecked with an astonishing array of mirror mosaics.
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
A trove of century-old litho stones from the Puck Building's printing days were discovered behind a cellar wall, and are now hanging in the store.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
The profile of one ill-fated deacon was emblazoned forever on this church window during the Halifax explosion.
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland
There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.
Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California
A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."
Angoville-au-Plain, France
Bloodstains can still be seen in this medieval church where two medics saved lives on D-Day.
Washington, D.C.
100 years later, they're still down there.
Budapest, Hungary
A Hungarian pharmacy museum with a box full of mummy powder.