New Paltz, New York
Huguenot Street
The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
New Paltz, New York
The oldest continuously inhabited street in America.
Colne, England
The violinist who played on as the Titanic sank is buried in this quiet English cemetery.
Willow Creek, California
This little museum has an exhibit devoted to the elusive forest denizens.
Washington, D.C.
There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.
New York, New York
Hidden in Central Park's Ramble is a troublesome cave buried just beneath the surface.
Berlin, Germany
The bunker where Hitler took his own life is hidden under this deliberately ordinary parking lot.
New York, New York
Twice a day one of these tragic bronze mariners drowns with the tide to remember all those the sea has taken.
Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Farmington, Connecticut
These etchings reveal the history of a long-gone quarantine site.
Homewood, Alabama
Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.
Uxbridge, England
Visit the WWII bunker where the British won the battle for the skies.
Munich, Germany
A small square plaque marks a failed assassination attempt that could have changed history.
Concord, Massachusetts
This small section of the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is rotten with famous authors' graves.
Washington, D.C.
The remains of Martha, the last known passenger pigeon, serve as a tool to educate about conservation.
Cape May, New Jersey
World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
Alamo, Nevada
Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.
Baltimore, Maryland
The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.
Gansbaai, South Africa
An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?
Berlin, Germany
Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.
Evenkiysky District, Russia
Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.
Rugby, North Dakota
A monument to the center of the North American continent may be off by a few miles.
Lebanon, Kansas
Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.