Bishop, California
Erick Schat's Bakkerÿ
A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.
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Bishop, California
A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.
Bedford, Indiana
The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.
Skagway, Alaska
A classic gold rush hotel can be expected to pick up some ghosts along the way, and the Golden North is no exception.
Lima, Peru
Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America’s oldest and spookiest hotels, thanks to the residency of ghosts, dead presidents, and Alfred Hitchcock.
Zaandam, Netherlands
Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.
Westzaan, Netherlands
The only remaining wind-powered paper mill in the world.
Ciudad Real, Spain
Ciudad Real's former town hall found new life in 2005 when the chime clock with automatons was installed.
Vicksburg, Mississippi
This iron and wood Civil War city-ship was the first vessel to be sunk by an electrically detonated torpedo.
Wigan, England
A reconstructed section of a Roman bathhouse sits next to an otherwise ordinary shopping mall.
Zurich, Switzerland
Grind your own flour to bake your own bread at a 100-year-old mill.
Dinoša, Montenegro
Water gushes from the trunk of this miraculous mulberry tree about once a year.
Silanus, Italy
A lone nuraghe and a little old church with mysterious origins.
Marble Falls Township, Texas
Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.
Sanborn, Minnesota
See how Laura Ingalls lived on the Minnesota prairie.
Cusco, Peru
This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.
Cusco, Peru
An Inca spa, military outpost or maybe… both?
Naples, Italy
The remains of the left arm of the levitating philosopher-saint are kept in a 13th-century Neapolitan basilica.
Sarsina, Italy
The collar worn by a fourth-century saint resides in this church, and is still used for blessings to this day.
Hemiksem, Belgium
The only museum dedicated to the tile production for which the Rupel region was renowned.
Ercolano, Italy
Well-preserved, still-functional sliding wood doors from Ancient Rome can be found in this Vesuvius-stricken house.
Tokyo, Japan
This shrine, built to protect against destructive waves, is home to two monumental lion heads.
London, England
This pump on the bad side of Victorian London betrayed a horrifying revelation about the water supply.
Gilgit, Pakistan
Time and local lore colluded to turn this fear-defeating Buddha into a man-eating demon.