Somerville, Massachusetts
Yafa Bakery & Café
Palestinian-style savory breads and fine patisserie are served with a generous side of hospitality.
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Somerville, Massachusetts
Palestinian-style savory breads and fine patisserie are served with a generous side of hospitality.
Boston, Massachusetts
This ambitious father and son team reigned supreme over the North End, and witches, for many years.
Portland, Oregon
Featuring a casually threatening atmosphere along with dessert and coffee to die for.
Portland, Oregon
Definitely not a clown bar.
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
Boston, Massachusetts
These items are all that remain from the room used by the author during his second tour of the U.S.
Chamblee, Georgia
An oddity shop filled with taxidermy, funerary memorabilia, and more.
Williams, Arizona
Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.
Speculator, New York
The great American road trip, but smaller.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.
Hiko, Nevada
The self-proclaimed gateway to the Extraterrestrial Highway.
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Gas station bathrooms adorned with one of the world’s most infamous typefaces, with quotes ranging from lewd to profound.
Stockbridge, England
One of the most studied Iron Age settlements in Europe.
Helsinki, Finland
A small island dotted with old, historic Finnish buildings.
Salisbury, England
Ancient human remains unearthed around the iconic monument.
Craighat, Scotland
A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.
Matlock Bath, England
Explore the history of mining in this museum, or in a real mine from the 1920s.
Matlock Bath, England
A seaside town with no sea in sight.
Stanton Lees, England
Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.
Blatce, Czechia
Folklore says this medieval fortress was plopped atop a portal to hell to trap the demons below.
Wiesenthau, Germany
An ancient pagan site swirling with legends in the foothills of Franconian Switzerland.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Porterville, California
The Zalud family experienced a number of tragedies in one decade, giving rise to rumors that the 19th century house is haunted.
Brno, Czechia
This hanging crocodile is thought to be the "dragon" that once plagued a Czech city.