Nashville, Tennessee
United Record Pressing
When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.
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Nashville, Tennessee
When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.
San Antonio, Texas
A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The haunting ruins of a military fortress turned astronomical observatory sit on a Sarajevo mountaintop.
Gothenburg, Sweden
One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
Williamstown, Vermont
The "original web site," this farm in Northern Vermont encourages orb-weaver spiders to build their daily webs, and then sells the preserved masterpieces.
Waitomo, New Zealand
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
Morrison, Colorado
Travel through the wholesome amusements of yesteryear at this charming miniature village.
Hanoi, Vietnam
A French-Colonial era collection of taxidermy and wet specimens, secreted away in the National University of Hanoi.
Sibiu, Romania
Packed to the ceiling with antique taxidermy and hunting arms.
Shibam, Yemen
A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."
Salla, Finland
Quality time with reindeer in the stunning scenery of their natural Lappish habitat above the Arctic Circle.
Hayward, Wisconsin
Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.
Florence, Italy
The middle finger of modernity.
Fort Worth, Texas
The world's second-longest burning light bulb.
Woodstock, New York
A once grand hotel is being retaken by the wilderness it once capitalized on.
Elka Park, New York
An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.
Helsinki, Finland
This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.
Jindo, South Korea
Landbridge created by the South Korean version of Moses.
Si, Thailand
Temple of a million beers.
Namibia
The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.
London, England
A Victorian natural history and ethnographic museum with wonderful turn-of-the-century, science-book-esque evolution displays.
Graniteville, Vermont
Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.
Sierra Bullones, Philippines
Bohol's unusually shaped hills turn brown in the summer months.