Beijing, China
Beijing Ancient Observatory
This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.
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Beijing, China
This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.
Simi Valley, California
A performance hall at the American Jewish University moonlights as a sci-fi film location set.
Reykjavik, Iceland
An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
Triangle, Virginia
A memorial dedicated to a highly decorated Marine and Korean War veteran, who also happened to be a horse.
Carrbridge, Scotland
Designed to allow funerals to proceed over the River Dulnain.
Washington, D.C.
Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.
Torryburn, Scotland
The long-lost final resting place of an accused witch.
Thorpdale, Australia
The massive mountain ash that once stood at this site was cut down in an effort to prove that it was, indeed, the tallest of its kind.
Amherst, Massachusetts
One of the first amphibian migration tunnels in the United States encourages a tradition that has inspired Amherst residents for decades.
Suttons Bay, Michigan
Where else would you expect to find the gravesite of European royalty than the windswept dunes of rural Northern Michigan?
Chedglow, England
Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.
Robbinsville, New Jersey
Family-run for more than a century, this pizzeria makes a unique mustard pie.
Cochrane, Wisconsin
Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.
Pensacola, Florida
A former hospital is now home to a pizza parlor and maybe a few ghosts.
Groton, Connecticut
This small-town pizzeria won the Hollywood lottery.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.
Palm Beach, Florida
Grab a slice of pizza next to the remains of the "human monkey" who ran for mayor.
Mesa, Arizona
Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.
Bronx, New York
Seriously good slices of Sicilian pizza lurk at the back of the Bronx's oldest enclosed market.
Signal Mountain, Tennessee
Live long and prosper in Tennessee.
St. Augustine, Florida
Two men built this castle on the Florida coast as an artistic “landscape sculpture.”
Ashland, Massachusetts
Small caves once used as a hiding place for some of those accused during the Salem Witch Trials.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This is the house that spite built.
Charlottesville, Virginia
Anna Anderson spent most of her life claiming to be the lost Romanov child Anastasia.