Gasquet, California
Darlingtonia Trail
A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.
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Gasquet, California
A carnivorous plant paradise in a serpentine bog.
Boston, Massachusetts
The bears may be gone, but their old cages can still be found.
Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
An exhibition devoted to the life (and posthumous taxidermy form) of the last known representative of the Pinta Island Tortoises.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
This crescent-shaped sliver of sand is a magical haven for a herd of feral horses.
Sydney, Australia
This rare effigy of the author spent years lost in storage.
Bítov, Czechia
The castle in the romantic landscape of Podyjí houses what may be Europe's largest collection of taxidermy dogs.
Amherst, Massachusetts
One of the first amphibian migration tunnels in the United States encourages a tradition that has inspired Amherst residents for decades.
Garub, Namibia
Thought to be the only herd of feral horses in Africa and one of the most isolated populations in the world.
San Diego, California
These two K-9 memorials commemorate the sister cities of Edinburgh and San Diego.
Brooklyn, New York
Dine on old-school red sauce fare at a former mob hang out and film set for The Sopranos.
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
These hooded graves are the only of their kind in the United States.
Charleston, South Carolina
Most historians agree that the so-called "Gentleman Pirate" wasn't much of either of those things.
Prague, Czechia
Buried five stories underground, this Soviet bunker is packed with gas masks and Cold War paraphernalia.
Salzburg, Austria
Terrifically morbid cemetary and site of famous Paracelsus' grave.
Vienna, Austria
A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.
Vienna, Austria
The former private quarters and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud now hosts a museum housing the works of the founding father of psychoanalysis.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Ensenada, Mexico
A 19th-century Baja cantina that many say is the birthplace of the margarita.
Morrisville, North Carolina
Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.
London, England
Preserved behind glass, the ruins of a medieval building used to store human remains.
London, England
This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.
Domrémy-la-Pucelle, France
The woman who helped save 15th-century France was born in this humble home.
Eminence, Missouri
It's as if the herds walked straight out of a fairy tale into the Missouri wilds.
Glen Ellen, California
The haunting ruins of Jack London's dream house.