Pompeii, Italy
Stone Phalluses of Pompeii
The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.
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Pompeii, Italy
The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.
Pompeii, Italy
This amazingly well-preserved villa just outside Pompeii boasts rare examples of ancient Roman paintings.
Florence, Italy
A copy of the famous statue can be found in this Florence piazza, along with one of the most breathtaking views of the city below.
Florence, Italy
A slightly creepy gallery of plaster cast models in the same museum as Michelangelo's David.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This historic New Orleans cemetery is the final resting place of members of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This distinctive Crescent City tradition dates back to the days of horse-drawn carriages.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
Inglewood, California
A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.
Monroe, Connecticut
A collection of haunted artifacts chronicles the career of the world’s most famous paranormal investigators. Museum is temporarily closed with plans to re-open.
Stony Point, New York
Hundreds of numbered stakes hidden in the woods mark the graves of the lost souls of a nearby asylum.
Danbury, Connecticut
This historic railway museum may have lost its passengers but not its love for trains.
Carmel Hamlet, New York
The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Carpinteria, California
Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.
Washington, D.C.
The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.
Washington, D.C.
Look closely and you’ll notice that the color changes a third of the way up the tower.
Dobbs Ferry, New York
This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.
Rome, Italy
The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.
Rome, Italy
This historic recreationist school churns out warriors that may very well have had a fighting chance in Rome's pits of the day.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Headquarters of the legendary clairvoyant's readings, spiritual hospital, and massage school.
San Simeon, California
This stretch of beach along California's central coast is a busy highway for the largest seal in the northern hemisphere.