Boston, Massachusetts
Site of St. Anthony's Feast
Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.
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Boston, Massachusetts
Each August, one of the largest religious (and food) celebrations in the country is held in Boston.
Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.
Provincetown, Massachusetts
Pay homage to the quintessential P-town dive.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.
Zurich, Switzerland
A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.
New York, New York
One of the city’s oldest watering holes was originally the home of a famous James Brown (not that one).
Natchez, Mississippi
A 200-year-old bar is all that remains of one Mississippi River town's rough-and-tumble past.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Salley, South Carolina
Hidden in this little-known town stands a piece of agriculture history.
Barnwell, South Carolina
The only free-standing, vertical sundial in the US was keeping standard time before it was even invented.
Portugal
This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.
Jamestown, Saint Helena
A grueling 699-step stairway to a heavenly view of the island of Saint Helena.
Pustevny, Czechia
A folk-art cottage and hotel straight from a Slavic fairy tale.
Georgetown, South Carolina
A haunting—but not haunted—chapel remains in the woods.
Murrells Inlet, South Carolina
Take a stroll through this centuries-old tunnel of enormous moss-hung evergreens, nestled among the grounds of America’s first public sculpture garden.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
This Myrtle Beach art museum features a rotating display of pieces by artists from James Audubon to Frank Lloyd Wright, but it’s their collection of Southern works that truly impresses.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
The two locations of this landmark ice cream shop scream pure Americana nostalgia.
Washington, Georgia
The first free library in Georgia features an original Tiffany stained glass window of Mary Willis.
Clinton, South Carolina
Legend has it the mill owner's daughter, Mary Musgrove, helped a Patriot soldier hide behind these falls.
Taylors, South Carolina
This oddities museum and folk art environment encourages visitors to play, explore, create, and even add to the environment itself.
Beacon, New York
This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.
Baltimore, Maryland
This Asian-inspired tower in a lush urban park provides spectacular panoramic views of Baltimore.
Baltimore, Maryland
Crammed into a Baltimore row house is an oddities shop that sells everything from skulls to dead insects.
Ellenville, New York
The remnants of a luxurious resort that saw its peak in the 1970s and 1980s has been abandoned since 2009, leaving behind the wreckage of both the hotel and a beautiful ice skating rink.