Oakhurst, California
World Famous Talking Bear
A campy fiberglass statue welcomes visitors to this small town in central California.
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Oakhurst, California
A campy fiberglass statue welcomes visitors to this small town in central California.
Hood River, Oregon
Where hand-pressed burgers meet low-flying planes — a 1950s drive-in shack at the end of an active runway in the Columbia River Gorge, with Mount Hood on one side and Mount Adams on the other.
San Francisco, California
Get lost in this haunting fairytale art walk through a man-made eucalyptus grove.
Paris, France
A museum of carnival attractions where you are invited to ride the rides.
Bruges, Belgium
This former Masonic lodge has been transformed into part museum, part bar, all awesome.
New York, New York
A good place to research the Freemasons, esoterica, occultism, and hermeticism.
Paris, France
One of the oldest masonic museums in Paris.
Chicago, Illinois
Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.
Barcelona, Spain
A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Huge masonic hall in Philadelphia with lavishly themed rooms.
Batavia, New York
A towering cemetery monument honors a man who threatened to expose the Freemasons and paid with his life.
King's Lynn, England
This captivating Bronze Age timber circle spent centuries concealed by the tides.
England
The only surviving theatre where William Shakespeare performed as an actor.
Bordeaux, France
What at first glance appears to be an ordinary house is in fact a work of art by Russian artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov.
Middelfart, Denmark
A chimeric bronze demon, embodying the chaotic spirit of a new millennium.
Berlin, Germany
A real-world location where a fictional murder took place
Orange, New Jersey
This is the location of the U.S. Radium Corporation where the “Radium Girls” worked, became sickened by radiation poisoning, with many dying horrible deaths.
Lisburn, Northern Ireland
The decaying giant of Ulster’s lost linen empire.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A 19th century bank turned into a 6-story immersive art experience.
Dalmellington, Scotland
A lochside castle linked to Robert the Bruce, but not everything is as it seems!
Dixville, New Hampshire
The first inhabitants of this remote town faced a grisly death.
Nhill, Australia
This rural Australian museum is dedicated to all things pinball.
Corstorphine, Scotland
This remarkably preserved historic structure stands as the last surviving remnant of Corstorphine Castle.
Reykjavik, Iceland
The first Icelander to hold the position of governor.