Liberty, Missouri
Jesse James Bank Museum
The site of the first daylight, peacetime bank robbery by the James gang.
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Liberty, Missouri
The site of the first daylight, peacetime bank robbery by the James gang.
Pleasant Plain, Ohio
A local cafe and concert venue occupy a 1913 school house.
Hong Kong
Order a crunchy sugar-topped treat from one of Hong Kong’s oldest pineapple bun bakers.
Bad Blankenburg, Germany
The world's first kindergarten.
San Bernardino County, California
An improbable set of attractive limestone caverns forms the centerpiece of Providence Mountains State Recreation Area, in the heart of the Mojave Desert.
Saint Francisville, Louisiana
Louisiana's first and only water buffalo farm makes exceptional cheeses.
Taichung City, Taiwan
A trilingual monument marks the site of a Korean independence activist's assassination attempt on a Japanese prince in Taiwan.
Oaxaca, Mexico
Here you can learn about an insect that was called "cactus blood," which trade turned immensely valuable as "red gold".
Kamakura, Japan
Iconic Japanese movies were made at this forgotten film-studio-site-turned-mall.
New Orleans, Louisiana
First opened in 1939, this legendary performance venue was a haven for Black musicians including Ray Charles and Little Richard.
Bath, England
An iconic British fixture in an unconventional color.
Los Angeles, California
This ship-shape Streamline Moderne building was once the headquarters of a nautically inclined radio preacher.
Vernal, Utah
Built for a motel, this cartoon dino is now a symbol of the area's paleontological heritage.
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
All that remains of a 17th-century hamlet is a sprawling non-denominational cemetery.
Hong Kong
This cha chaan teng’s pineapple buns are so sought-after that they sell 5,000 a day.
Kamp-Lintfort, Germany
This Cistercian monastery was the first in the German-speaking world
Tokyo, Japan
A grand Buddhist temple with Indian influences.
Hong Kong
Jet fuel-powered flames lend dishes a pleasant char at one of the last of Hong Kong’s remaining streetside restaurants.
Providence, Rhode Island
This bookstore for weird fiction doubles as Providence’s de facto center for information about H.P. Lovecraft.
Richmond, California
A 10,000-square-foot museum of operating model trains.
Lancaster, South Carolina
This former courthouse is allegedly the site of the last witch trial in the United States.
Nin, Croatia
The “world’s smallest cathedral” is a remnant of one of Croatia’s medieval royal towns.
Hong Kong
Serve yourself from the heaping carts piled with bamboo steamers at what may be Hong Kong’s oldest dim sum parlor.
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Gas station bathrooms adorned with one of the world’s most infamous typefaces, with quotes ranging from lewd to profound.