Rome, Italy
The Dome Illusion
A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.
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Rome, Italy
A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Boston, Massachusetts
Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.
Boston, Massachusetts
The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.
Anniston, Alabama
What better place to take a seat?
Anniston, Alabama
A strange history museum, with items accumulated by a pair of globe trotting spies.
Anniston, Alabama
A natural history museum with an extensive collection of bird dioramas.
Birmingham, Alabama
A unique book shop with a collection of rare tomes and a nostalgia museum.
Homewood, Alabama
Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.
Orlando, Florida
The humble home where the famous beat author lived briefly and wrote one of his most famous works.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
St. Augustine, Florida
Location of a reliquary containing bone fragments of 18 saints.
Titusville, Florida
A building so large that it has its own weather.
Clermont, Florida
An icon among Florida's pre-Disney tourist attractions, just west of Orlando.
Clermont, Florida
Former wax museum from the 1960s, home to many wax U.S. Presidents and the famous White House miniature.
Flagler Beach, Florida
The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
The third tallest lighthouse in America once guided author Stephen Crane to safety.
Sparta, Tennessee
Visit this playground of waterfalls, caves and sinkholes.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.
Montgomery, Alabama
The whimsical construction on the roof has given rise to many a Montgomery myth about its contents.
Montgomery, Alabama
The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.
Tuskegee, Alabama
Booker T. Washington's home at the Tuskegee Institute was a gem of splendor.
Seffner, Florida
An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.
Tampa, Florida
"Bite or Smite" became the unlikely mascot of a Tampa suburb.