Paris, France
Père Lachaise Cemetery
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
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Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Portland, Oregon
These machines have been collecting dust for decades.
Newport, Rhode Island
The oldest still-operating tavern in the United States was once owned by a pirate.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The first patented shaved-ice machine heralded a snowy wonderland of iced treats at a favorite New Orleans summer shack.
San Francisco, California
One of the oldest producers of hand-folded fortune cookies still uses its original secret recipe.
Kolkata, India
This Jewish bakery, among the last in the region, sells legendary sweets from a century-old storefront.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
Try a classic Necco candy bar being resurrected in a small suburban shop.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
A huge teapot illuminates a home for the elderly.
Chicago, Illinois
A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.
Salt Lake City, Utah
This giant ice cream cone is the last remaining icon of a Salt Lake City staple.
Lexington, Virginia
The oddly shaped, steam-spewing building is now an art studio and gallery.
Lexington, Mississippi
The body of an unidentified woman, visible through a glass coffin, was discovered by accident.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Los Angeles, California
Though the original building has been demolished, these massive bronze doors were saved.
Los Angeles, California
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.
Lake Placid, Florida
Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.
Laadla, Estonia
A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.
London, England
A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.
Staufen im Breisgau, Germany
A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.