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Inside Bob's Crystal Cave.
Permanently Closed

Yucca Valley, California

Bob's Crystal Cave

A meditative space out of a fantasy story.

Yes, you can make art from an abandoned toilet.

Joshua Tree, California

The Noah Purifoy Desert Art Museum

Explore 10 acres of environmental sculptures.

The aptly named Giant Rock.

Landers, California

Giant Rock

A regular looking rock with an unbelievable history.

Weird red landscape in the canyon

Las Vegas, Nevada

Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area

Dyed by iron oxide over centuries, these sandstone rocks rise thousands of feet into the sky.

Elliott Smith's Tribute Wall

Los Angeles, California

Elliott Smith's Tribute Wall

Pay your respects to a folk-punk legend.

Hollyhock House

Los Angeles, California

Barnsdall Art Park

This hilltop park offers magnificent views and a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece.

Keith H's bathroom mural

New York, New York

Keith Haring’s ‘Once Upon a Time’ Bathroom Mural

A masterpiece of LGBT art has been restored in what may now be the most valuable restroom in America.

The 'Goodnight Moon' House (Cobble Court)

New York, New York

The 'Goodnight Moon' House (Cobble Court)

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

Signature margarita with ghostly bartender in background

Ensenada, Mexico

Hussong’s Cantina

A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.

Plymouth Street in Vinegar Hill

Brooklyn, New York

Vinegar Hill

Walk into the 19th century without leaving Brooklyn.

Multiple gap fillers along the edge of the platform.

New York, New York

14th Street-Union Square Moving Platforms

The only subway station in the city that still makes use of gap fillers.

Relics of the IRT 14th Street-Union Square Subway Local Platform

New York, New York

Relics of the IRT 14th Street-Union Square Subway Local Platform

Red frames showcase remnants of one of New York's original subway stations.

Hangman's Elm

New York, New York

The Hangman's Elm

The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.

The building today.

New York, New York

The Brown Building

The site of the deadly Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.

Love Lane

Brooklyn, New York

Love Lane

Love is in the air along the small street in Brooklyn.

The mysterious elephant.

Catania, Italy

Elephant Fountain

A mysterious ancient elephant said to possess magic powers is now the symbol of a Sicilian city.

The tree in the narthex.

Palermo, Italy

Santa Maria dello Spasimo

This skeletal, unfinished Gothic church once housed a miraculous masterpiece by Raphael.

The Arabic inscription, which contains a verse from the Quran.

Palermo, Italy

Arabic Inscription of Palermo Cathedral

Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.

The interior.

Palermo, Italy

The Martorana

This mosaic-lined medieval church was built by the world's first admiral and still holds mass in ancient Greek.

Glass floors reveal layers of underlying history.

Lecce, Italy

Museo Faggiano

One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.

Looking out onto la Civita, the city center, from an ancient grotto in Sassi di Matera.

Matera, Italy

Sassi di Matera

People have been living in the cave houses on this Italian hillside since the Neolithic era.

Herculaneum

Ercolano, Italy

Herculaneum

Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.

Via dei Presepi

Naples, Italy

Via dei Presepi

Every day is like Christmas on this street where the traditional Neapolitan nativity scene comes to life.

San Gennaro Mural

Naples, Italy

San Gennaro Mural

San Gennaro, the patron saint of Naples, greets pedestrians between these narrow city streets.

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