Washington, D.C.
Benjamin Grenup Monument
This grisly headstone doesn’t seem to be resting in peace.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Washington, D.C.
This grisly headstone doesn’t seem to be resting in peace.
Venus, Florida
The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.
Estero, Florida
Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.
Lincoln, Nebraska
An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.
Alliance, Nebraska
An experimental, automotive replica of Stonehenge.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.
St. Augustine, Florida
It's a pretty creepy lock-up.
St. Augustine, Florida
Gutted airplanes slowly decay in a Florida field.
Buffalo, New York
The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.
Milledgeville, Georgia
One of the largest-ever mental hospitals now sits abandoned, surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves.
Manchester, England
Hidden on the urban banks of a Manchester river are a series of abandoned waterside industrial sites.
Summerland Key, Florida
Bat house that has only ever housed bat for one night; they all flew away and never came back.
The Hague, Netherlands
A preserved building where the dead were once watched for signs of life.
Hartfield, England
The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.
Stockholm, Sweden
The world's largest model of our planetary system.
Antigua, Guatemala
Believe it or not, the now-ubiquitous California avocado originated in Guatemala.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Iceland
This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.
Mecca, California
A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.
North Coogee, Australia
This drowning bronze monument marks the spot where one of Australia's great engineers died by suicide.
Artesina, Italy
Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.
Palermo, Italy
Thousands of well-dressed mummies below a monastery.
Rome, Italy
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.