Lake George, New York
The Last Howard Johnson's
All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.
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Lake George, New York
All that remains of the once-booming chain is a single orange-roofed restaurant.
Evanston, Illinois
The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.
Nashville, Tennessee
This quirky local sculpture is quite literally a fish out of water.
Goldfield, Nevada
Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.
Louisville, Kentucky
Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.
Wellesley Island, New York
This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.
Black Mountain, North Carolina
Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.
Tokyo, Japan
Every color in the rainbow awaits.
Woolfardisworthy, England
The world's largest collection of garden gnomes lives among the trees and wildflowers on this woodland reserve.
Kneippen, Sweden
Visit the home of Sweden's beloved fictional character, Pippi Longstocking.
Rjukan, Norway
For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Bucharest, Romania
Check out engineering marvels of the past at this unintentionally retrofuturist museum.
Bucharest, Romania
A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.
Bucharest, Romania
The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.
Venice, Italy
This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.
Venice, Italy
An extensive collection of reliquaries containing the bones of saints housed in the largest Catholic church in Venice.
Venice, Italy
The marble facade hides a little-known medical museum with early surgical instruments and rare copies of canonical texts.
Venice, Italy
As can be expected from a centuries-old church built in a canal city, the undercroft of this house of worship is beautifully flooded.
Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.
Älvdalen N, Sweden
Gravity seems to fail at this intriguing Swedish attraction.
Montreal, Québec
The only museum about the history of dentistry in Canada.
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
This Transylvanian church has changed its denomination four times.