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Touch this shamrock-shaped plaque dedicated to the longtime coach of the Boston Celtics for good luck

Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.

A derelict hunting lodge that was once the site of aristocratic debauchery.

Where hand-pressed burgers meet low-flying planes — a 1950s drive-in shack at the end of an active runway in the Columbia River Gorge, with Mount Hood on one side and Mount Adams on the other.

This weird abode has inspired everything from the "House on Haunted Hill" to a robot hunter's pad.

It's an incredibly beautiful city public space, with spacious rooms to study and admire the artwork.

The last remaining houses of a bygone world immortalized by John Steinbeck in his novel “Cannery Row.”

The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."

The largest open-air museum in southern Europe, where nature and contemporary art exist in harmony.

Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

A war memorial that appears to ascend from its forested setting.

Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.

Small church on top of a huge rock column.

This architectural onion has an original 1930's Jerry O'Mahony dining car at its core.

This pub built its reputation pouring post-shift pints for employees of the cemetery with which it shares a wall.

The grandiose interior of this bar speaks to its past as home to famous jewelers and railway offices.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

Pay homage to the quintessential P-town dive.

One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.

Tiki luxury on Nob Hill.

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Tucked away in Seward Park is Seattle’s only old-growth forest.

The world’s first penitentiary, meant to be humane, drove men insane.