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The Reading Room blends the intimacy of an inviting bar with the inviting solace of a good bookstore.

Chattanooga, Tennessee

The Reading Room

The shelves at this Chattanooga bar are stocked with used books, and buying one sends money back to the library.

United Record Pressing on Chestnut Street

Nashville, Tennessee

United Record Pressing

When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.

William Westerfeld House

San Francisco, California

William Westerfeld House

This Alamo Square mansion is rumored to have hosted satanic rituals and other occult practices.

Church of 8 Wheels.

San Francisco, California

Church of 8 Wheels

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

Duboce Bikeway Mural.

San Francisco, California

Duboce Bikeway Mural

This painted marvel is San Francisco's 400-foot ode to urban biking.

Jockey's Ridge

Nags Head, North Carolina

Jockey's Ridge

This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.

Gravestones at the British Cemetery .

Ocracoke, North Carolina

British Cemetery of Ocracoke

The North Carolina grounds are leased in perpetuity to the British Commonwealth for as long as the WWII sailors are buried there.

The Hatteras Weather Bureau Station.

Hatteras, North Carolina

Hatteras Weather Bureau Station

This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.

View from across Piazza San Marco.

Venice, Italy

St. Mark's Clock Tower (Torre dell'Orologio)

Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.

The memorial.

Bologna, Italy

Monument to Fallen Partisans

A striking memorial recalls thousands of Bolognese men and women killed fighting fascists in World War II.

Sunlight entering through an opening in the ceiling of Basilica di San Petronio.

Bologna, Italy

Meridian Line of Basilica di San Petronio

A massive line that stretches across the floor of Bologna’s largest church was created by a 17th-century scientist to measure the movements of the Sun.

The clock showing the time of the bombing.

Bologna, Italy

Bologna Centrale Station Clock

Time has been frozen at this station since the bombing in 1980—or so it was believed.

Statue of Pope Gregorius XIII

Bologna, Italy

Statue of Pope Gregory XIII

A large statue of Pope Gregory XIII in Bologna was disguised as Saint Petronius to avoid destruction.

Fountain of Neptune.

Bologna, Italy

Fountain of Neptune

Legend has it this fountain built to symbolize the Pope’s power hides a strange secret concerning Neptune's manliness.

The statue with Palazzo Mezzanotte on the background

Milan, Italy

L.O.V.E.

This giant middle finger statue sends an unambiguous message to Italy's bankers.

Piazza Mercanti Milano, with the loggia on the right.

Milan, Italy

Loggia dei Mercanti Whispering Gallery

The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.

'Saint Bartholomew Flayed'

Milan, Italy

'Saint Bartholomew Flayed'

This grisly effigy displays an early Christian martyr who was skinned alive and beheaded.

The Dancing Bull is found in front of Dior and Swarovski stores, the left turn from the main entrance looking to Duomo.

Milan, Italy

Dancing Bull of Good Fortune

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.

The GW Hippo

Washington, D.C.

George Washington University's River Horse

The hippo that stands on this university campus was once a drunken flea market purchase.

The statue.

District of Columbia

The Winfield Scott Memorial

The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.

Civil War Nurses Memorial

Washington, D.C.

Civil War Nurses Memorial

A bas relief commemorates the "Nuns of the Battlefield" who cared for soldiers on both sides of the conflict.

The Lindens view from the front.

Washington, D.C.

The Lindens

The oldest house in Washington, D.C. wasn't originally constructed in the nation's capital.

A band at Robert's Western World.

Nashville, Tennessee

Robert's Western World

Fuel your honky-tonking with this venue's unbeatable “Recession Special.”

Hermitage Hotel Men's Bathroom.

Nashville, Tennessee

Hermitage Hotel Men's Bathroom

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.

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