Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Mothman Museum
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
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Scottsboro, Alabama
Unclaimed Baggage Center
One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.
Natchez, Mississippi
Mammy's Cupboard
This racially troublesome eatery thought a new coat of paint could erase its offensive connotations.
Natchez, Mississippi
Grave of Florence Irene Ford
Florence’s mother built a stairway down to her daughter’s coffin so she could comfort her during storms.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
U.S.S. Cairo
This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.
Waipoua Forest, New Zealand
Tāne Mahuta
Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.
Waiotapu, New Zealand
Devil's Bath (Roto Karikitea)
This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.
Baltimore, Maryland
Edgar Allan Poe’s Grave
The trials and tribulations of marking Poe’s grave.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The Cats of Jackson Square
By day this New Orleans square is for pedestrians, but by night it is a kingdom of kittens.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Hansen's Sno-Bliz Snoballs
The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Marie Laveau's House of Voodoo
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
Hong Kong
The Whampoa
Take a cruise with no movement but plenty of style in this one-of-a-kind boat mall.
Savannah, Georgia
The Waving Girl
A statue honoring 44 continuous years of greeting passing ships.
Savannah, Georgia
Rousakis Plaza Echo Square
"X" marks the spot of an echo chamber in the middle of a plaza.
Savannah, Georgia
Colonial Park Cemetery
One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.
Holland, Michigan
Windmill Island Gardens
The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.
Holland, Michigan
Tulip Time Festival
Largest tulip festival in America, includes fireworks, a parade, and a carnival.
Dearborn, Michigan
The Roundhouse at Greenfield Village
One of the few working locomotive roundhouses in the United States.
London, England
Traitors' Gate
The watery entrance for condemned prisoners heading to the Tower of London is still visible along the Thames.
London, England
The Tower Ravens
Six ravens are kept captive (but well-fed) at the Tower of London to prevent the fall of the Crown.
London, England
The Imperial War Museum London
This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.
London, England
London Wall
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
London, England
Whispering Gallery at St Paul’s Cathedral
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
London, England
The Churchill War Rooms
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
