Savannah, Georgia
The Pirates' House
This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."
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Savannah, Georgia
This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."
Fitzgerald, Georgia
The site where Confederate president Jefferson Davis was defeated has been marked with a bust... that leaves that part out.
Atlanta, Georgia
The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.
Savannah, Georgia
One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.
Sankt Goarshausen, Germany
A memorial for a young woman and her ghost, which are claimed to have caused countless deathly shipwrecks.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.
Ettal, Germany
A small but immensely extravagant palace built by the "Night King."
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Beatty, Nevada
A land of debatable treasure.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.
Boulder City, Nevada
A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.
Beatty, Nevada
The most magnificent bottle house in a town strangely full of them.
Las Vegas, Nevada
An exotic wildlife habitat right off The Strip.
Beatty, Nevada
Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.
Boulder City, Nevada
Experience a charming 1930s version of "infotainment."
Las Vegas, Nevada
One of the world's tallest Ferris wheels takes visitors high above Las Vegas in a spinning party room.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Ithaca, New York
Pluto is still considered a planet in Ithaca, New York.
New York, New York
This Fifth Avenue church has long been the favored worshiping place of Broadway actors and vaudeville performers.
New York, New York
The most confusing clock in New York.
Ithaca, New York
In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.
New York, New York
A bit of retro transportation flair preserved in the world's largest department store.
New York, New York
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.