Big Pine Key, Florida
Overseas Railroad and Pigeon Key
Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.
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Big Pine Key, Florida
Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.
St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Chiefland, Florida
A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.
Durango, Colorado
A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.
Durango, Colorado
This spectacular track has run continuously since 1882.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.
Cañon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Overlooked by many, the two famous Scottish warriors guard the main gate of Edinburgh Castle.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A sweet symbol marks the place where torturous executions were once carried out.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Stonehaven, Scotland
The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Falkirk, Scotland
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Brussels, Belgium
This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."
Brussels, Belgium
Climb inside an iron crystal magnified 165 billion times its normal size.
London, England
A community of artists and entrepreneurs seeks a simpler life on London's waterways.
London, England
Public access to clean drinking water was an instant hit among the masses.
London, England
Two plaques commemorate the site of Shakespeare's first theatre.
London, England
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.