Monte, Portugal
Toboggan Ride from Monte to Funchal
Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."
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Monte, Portugal
Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."
Parkes, Australia
This giant dish located in a sheep paddock was the primary receiver of Apollo 11 TV transmissions.
Hull, Massachusetts
The last remaining attraction from Paragon Park.
Hull, Massachusetts
The only remaining place where you can play this century-old game for cash.
San Antonio, Texas
An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.
Spokane, Washington
This inanimate goat created by the "welding nun" has been helping to clean up the city of Spokane for more than 40 years.
Spokane, Washington
This playground sculpture of an icon from the past is dedicated to the children of the future.
George, Washington
A bust of the first president welcomes visitors to the only town in America called George, Washington.
Quincy, Washington
This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.
Baltimore, Maryland
This simple convenience store sits on the location where the Ouija board was named—and has a plaque to prove it.
Chantilly, Virginia
At Washington's Dulles Airport is a satellite museum (no pun intended) with three quarters of a million square feet of aircraft history.
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn's Barkaloo Cemetery is the resting place of a scant two bodies.
Auburn, Massachusetts
A small obelisk commemorates the launch site of the world's first liquid-fueled rocket.
Moscow, Russia
Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.
Kathmandu, Nepal
This historic square in Nepal is home to temples dating back to the third century.
Kathmandu, Nepal
One of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world keeps an eye out in every direction.
Kathmandu, Nepal
Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.
Ipswich, Massachusetts
Palatial mansion estate used in films including "Flowers in the Attic" and "The Witches of Eastwick."
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Since 1947, this living history museum has been providing an immersive look at life in Plymouth Colony.
Hingham, Massachusetts
Plans for this peninsula included houses, the United Nations Headquarters, and a nuclear power plant. When none of them worked out, it became an expansive park.
Newport, Rhode Island
Three and a half miles of cliffs, rocky beaches, Gilded Age mansions and 40 Steps to nowhere in particular.
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.
Dublin, Ireland
This museum is dedicated to the most famous Irish writers in history.
Dublin, Ireland
The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.