Los Angeles, California
La Brea Tar Pits Dragonfly Fossils
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
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Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Culver City, California
Known as the "Hobbit Houses," these storybook homes look like they're straight out of the Shire.
Los Angeles, California
Murder, searching for gold, and being cut in half—the memorial statue of Daniel O. McCarthy and the Pioneers of '49
Culver City, California
A pair of disused Los Angeles electrical poles now glow with delicate windows into the past.
Los Angeles, California
A spiritual retreat in the heart of Los Angeles offers stunning gardens and a labyrinth to lose yourself in.
Los Angeles, California
This 'Murder House' grand mansion has starred in everything from Bones to Buffy.
East Providence, Rhode Island
An ancient cemetery with some historic bodies underfoot.
Providence, Rhode Island
A virtually untouched "home on the hill" for the flora and fauna of Rhode Island.
Providence, Rhode Island
To avoid the demolition costs this abandoned drawbridge was simply left in the up position.
Providence, Rhode Island
The origin of these small islands' sweet names is a local mystery.
Providence, Rhode Island
A 132-year-old telescope continues to keep watch over the night skies above Providence.
Providence, Rhode Island
Ironically this massive termite is the mascot for a company that is acclaimed for killing his kind.
Providence, Rhode Island
A gothic-styled structure that has been the location for several movies.
Providence, Rhode Island
A giant green dragon crawls down from the roof of the Providence Children's Museum.
Providence, Rhode Island
The vaguely man-shaped root that ate the body of the founder of Rhode Island.
Providence, Rhode Island
Books bound in human skin and H. P. Lovecraft's letters are among a few of the treasures this library has to offer.
Providence, Rhode Island
A 19th century library favored by Edgar Allan Poe and H.P. Lovecraft, known by locals as "the Ath."
North Tipperary, Ireland
This modest plaza in Moneygall, Ireland has cashed in on its distant connection to the U.S. president.
Boston, Massachusetts
The often-overlooked ruins of one of the first buildings designed by famous landscape architect Frederick Olmsted.
Boston, Massachusetts
The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.
Boston, Massachusetts
A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.
Watertown, Massachusetts
The final resting place of a suffragist author.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Final resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigator.