Key West, Florida
Hemingway's Last Penny
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
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Key West, Florida
An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.
Key West, Florida
Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
San Francisco, California
A man-made island in scenic San Francisco Bay.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Sausalito, California
Concrete strongholds stand guard over the Golden Gate.
Hillsborough, California
This controversial depiction of the "Founder of California" looks as though it was sculpted from mashed potatoes.
Pescadero, California
Once close to extinction, there is no shortage of elephant seals on the beaches of Año Nuevo State Park.
Inyo County, California
The tragedy of the Japanese internment camps is remembered here by a stark "Soul Consoling Tower."
Bishop, California
A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.
Yosemite National Park, California
The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.
Berkeley, California
A 90-acre park on former landfill that hosts an annual kite festival.
Berkeley, California
An amazing collection of fantastic reptiles, amphibians, spiders, and insects.
Baker, Nevada
A gothic palace of endless stalagmites and pseudoscorpions waits within one of the world's most beautiful caves.
Washington, D.C.
A celebrity from the late Cretaceous period.
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
Istanbul, Turkey
This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.
Istanbul, Turkey
Five sultans and their families rest in eternal splendor, teeming with overlooked beauty and drama.
Philippines
An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.
Batu Caves, Malaysia
Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.
Singapore
Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.
Singapore
This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.
Singapore
Postal archives over 150 years old offer a window into Singapore's culture and tradition.
Goght, Armenia
This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.