New Orleans, Louisiana
Mardi Gras World
This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.
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New Orleans, Louisiana
This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.
Lund, Sweden
This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.
Besançon, France
One of the world's most complex timepieces.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Gdańsk, Poland
A huge wooden clock that is so beautiful its creator was forcibly blinded.
Strasbourg, France
There has been an astronomical clock on this spot since the 14th century.
Lyon, France
For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.
Paris, France
The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.
Kyoto, Japan
The quintessential Japanese rock garden has existed for more than 500 years.
Dearborn, Michigan
A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.
Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Olympia, Washington
The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.
Dulverton, England
This ancient bridge made of stone slabs is said to be reserved for the devil to sunbathe.
Camarillo, California
Graffiti-covered ruins that were once part of a farm owned by a mental hospital.
Colmar, France
The birthplace of the builder of the Statue of Liberty is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Kish, Iran
This steamship has been beautifully rusting off the coast of an Iranian island since the 1960s.
Aomori, Japan
These Japanese ruins have been brought back to life with elaborately recreated buildings.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.
Washington, D.C.
Light bulbs, scrap wood, and tinfoil comprise this homemade throne of the gods.
Winchester, Virginia
The Grand Ole Opry's big voice came from a small home in rural Virginia where she was eventually buried.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.