Natchez, Mississippi
'Turning Angel' Statue
This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.
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Natchez, Mississippi
This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This symbolic piece of New Orleans architecture is also home to a few ghastly stories.
Paris, France
The narrowest street in Paris.
Paris, France
The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.
New York, New York
Spiral-bound community recipes and antiquarian gems mingle at this small East Village shop.
Bath, North Carolina
The oldest church building in the state.
Zurich, Switzerland
This massive boulder was hurled into a Zurich church when a gunpowder depot was struck by lightning in 1652.
Turin, Italy
This Torino museum honors a soldier who kept the city safe using barrels of exploding gunpowder, losing his life in the process.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The building where Mary, Queen of Scots was said to have bathed in white wine.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
Monroeville, Alabama
An Alabama courtroom where two famous American authors played as children became the setting for a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel.
Leuven, Belgium
Above the door of a house, a plaque claims to commemorate the future living place of the inventor of time travel.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.
San Antonio, Texas
Legend has it the commander of the defenders drew a fateful line in the dirt with his sword just before the final battle.
Markleysburg, Pennsylvania
This original Mason-Dixon line cairn placed in the 1760s was put in the wrong location because of the gravitational pull of the Allegheny Mountains.
Havana, Cuba
Castro's communist ice cream mothership has been serving five-scoop "salads" for over 50 years.
Parma, Italy
A sculpture in memory of a homeless man much loved by the city of Parma.
New York, New York
The notorious headquarters of a corrupt political machine.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This bar named after the world's first mixed cocktail was home to one of New Orleans' most notorious politicians.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The state's oldest continuously operating museum houses more than 5,000 Civil War artifacts.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Once the site of a Native American harvest festival, this humble clearing later played an invaluable role in the birth of jazz.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.