Charles Town, West Virginia
Gibson-Todd House
This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.
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Charles Town, West Virginia
This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.
Hendersonville, North Carolina
This stone statue inspired Thomas Wolfe’s 1929 novel 'Look Homeward, Angel.'
Geneva, Switzerland
One of the most historical literary characters continues to stroll his hometown.
Stonyhurst, England
The grounds of this Catholic boarding school are said to have inspired Arthur Conan Doyle and J.R.R. Tolkien.
London, England
Heralded as the oldest statue in London.
London, England
Outside of one of Britain's most renowned social clubs, a step installed specifically for the Duke.
Matlock Bath, England
A seaside town with no sea in sight.
Stansted, England
This reconstructed Norman castle is the world's most accurate, from location to livestock.
Spinkhill, England
A gardener saved a beloved clock face from destruction by building it into a wall outside his house.
Athens, Greece
The only surviving choragic monument is a trophy awarded in 334 BC for the winning dramatic chorus.
London, England
Charles Babbage's proto-computer, painstakingly brought to life.
Bristol, England
One of Bristol's best-hidden gems has ties to Lord Byron, whence it became the nation's first reformatory school for girls.
Aberdeen, Scotland
Scotland's oldest medieval bridge is also among the last reminders of early medieval Aberdeen.
Paris, France
If you look closely at the oldest bridge in Paris, you might notice hundreds of ugly faces leering from its sides.
Prague, Czechia
A Baroque mansion with ties to legendary magicians and alchemists.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The final resting place of the author who gave us the Little Mermaid, the Ugly Duckling, and many more beloved fairy tales.
Clearwater, Florida
An abandoned Victorian house transformed into a museum and store filled with taxidermy and vintage goods.
Milan, Italy
This curious building hides eclectic details like medieval gargoyles alongside naked angels and Art Nouveau mosaics.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.
Glasgow, Scotland
The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.
Alcantarilha, Portugal
This unassuming chapel in Portugal plays host to a ghoulish collection of bones.
Znojmo, Czechia
This network of conjoined cellars was riddled with traps and supposedly allowed the townspeople to pretend their homes were deserted.
Petersburg, Virginia
A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.
Hinsdale, New Hampshire
This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.