Wilton, Connecticut
Weir Farm National Historic Site
American artist J. Alden Weir purchased this 60-acre estate for $10 and a painting.
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Wilton, Connecticut
American artist J. Alden Weir purchased this 60-acre estate for $10 and a painting.
Bridgeport, Connecticut
This last stalwart of the now-forgotten feminist restaurant movement served food in an activist atmosphere since 1977.
New Hartford, Connecticut
Who knew the Devil's domain was a hot spot for tubing?
Uncasville, Connecticut
A free display of artistic lifesize dinosaur sculptures in a backyard garden.
Cheshire, Connecticut
This historic park site contains the last remnants of a once bustling canal system.
Old Man Bay, Cayman Islands
Grand Cayman is home to a colorful sculpture garden filled with giant concrete animals.
George Town, Cayman Islands
The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.
George Town, Cayman Islands
There is one corporation registered for every three square feet of space in this inconspicuous office building.
Gun Bay, Cayman Islands
A massive maritime collision may have led to the myth of a resort island's strange financial status.
West Bay, Cayman Islands
Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.
Huntsville, Alabama
It may look like no more than a full-scale model, but every part of this full Space Shuttle stack had a working role in aviation history.
Huntsville, Alabama
Bananas are often left for the first monkey America ever recovered alive after being launched into space.
Huntsville, Alabama
A propulsion engine testbed that paved the way for the Space Shuttle launch sits without recognition at this rocket center.
Scarborough, Maine
This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.
Tucson, Arizona
This iconic 1958 tower welcomes air travelers to Tucson with neon-lit letters and architectural style.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Hans Christian Andersen for the postmodern world.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Opulence and fantasy collide in this royal chair which is supposedly made with unicorn horns.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Pre-Nazi swastikas adorn the sculpted pachyderms flanking this brewhouse portal.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.
Oslo, Norway
One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."
Florence, Arizona
At an isolated roadside rest area stands a monument marking where famous Western star Tom Mix died in 1940.
Malmö, Sweden
This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.
Hartford, Connecticut
An abandoned gun-funded 19th century utopia.