Trujillo, Peru
Museo del Juguete
Peru’s only toy museum houses everything from pre-Inca whistles to lead soldiers and terrifying dolls.
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Trujillo, Peru
Peru’s only toy museum houses everything from pre-Inca whistles to lead soldiers and terrifying dolls.
Lima, Peru
A pretty park of over 1,600 olive trees that grew from just three saplings brought over from Spain.
Atlanta, Georgia
Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.
Lima, Peru
The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.
Cartagena, Colombia
This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.
Cartagena, Colombia
The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.
Costa Rica
These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.
Fort Myers, Florida
One-time winter retreats of prolific inventor Thomas Edison and his friend Henry Ford.
Charleston, South Carolina
Tour the oldest unrestored plantation house in America that is open to the public.
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
A quirky Poe-themed joint on an island keen to celebrate its overlooked connection to the famous writer.
Sullivan's Island, South Carolina
The final resting place of the Seminole Indian chief who fought against government occupation in Florida.
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.
North Charleston, South Carolina
This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.
Bermuda
Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.
Bermuda
Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.
Barbados
This popular tourist cave was ignored for almost 200 years before being mined into an attraction.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.
Bayonne, New Jersey
World Trade Center memorial likened to a woman's sexual organ.
New York, New York
Lady Liberty's first beacon of enlightenment is now displayed in a museum near the statue.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.
New York, New York
Manhattan's deadly West Side railroad, which killed hundreds of New Yorkers, is remembered by this simple plaque.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
A local prank turned town icon.
Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania
Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.
Allentown, Pennsylvania
The famous bell was secreted away and hidden in a church in Allentown during the British occupation of Philadelphia.