Chicago, Illinois
Narwhals at the Field Museum
To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.
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Chicago, Illinois
To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.
Chicago, Illinois
These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.
Chicago, Illinois
A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.
Los Angeles, California
Established in the '60s, a family-owned tropical drink bar founded by Ray Buhen, bartender to the stars.
Santiago, Chile
The site of detentions and torture under the Pinochet regime in Chile is now a memorial.
Lima, Peru
A market for witches is hidden within a train station.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Los Angeles, California
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
Lisbon, Portugal
This historic cemetery is home to the largest private mausoleum in Europe.
Trafaria, Portugal
Taste the precursor of peri-peri chicken at this restaurant just outside of Lisbon.
Nazaré, Portugal
A deer-headed statue that brings together a 12th-century legend and big wave surfing.
Lisbon, Portugal
After the owner of this Art Nouveau home died, it was turned into a museum displaying a lifetime dedicated to art.
Colares, Portugal
One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."
Luso, Portugal
A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.
Lisbon, Portugal
The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.
Cascais, Portugal
A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Lisbon, Portugal
Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.