Fair Lawn, New Jersey
Radburn, New Jersey
The first neighborhood to implement the Garden City model in its suburban planning.
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Fair Lawn, New Jersey
The first neighborhood to implement the Garden City model in its suburban planning.
River Vale, New Jersey
The only remaining piece of hull of the most decorated US ship of WWII is this giant name plate.
Closter, New Jersey
A whimsical monument deep in this park commemorates the groups that helped build it.
Yonkers, New York
An abandoned horticulture institute gloomily presides over rows of derelict and vine-wrought greenhouses.
Dummerston, Vermont
The house where Rudyard Kipling wrote 'The Jungle Book' is also the location of the first tennis court in Vermont.
Dummerston, Vermont
Site of the graveyard vine believed to be a curse on a family from the 1800s.
Sawley, England
The last two abbots of this monastery were both executed by Henry VIII.
Saint-Pol-de-Léon, France
Each of these hand-painted wooden boxes, which date to between the 16th and 19th centuries, contains a genuine human skull.
Barbar, Bahrain
This archaeological site boasts temple ruins that date back 5,000 years to the Dilmun culture, and may have been described in the tale of Gilgamesh's search for immortality.
Port Richey, Florida
An author's private collection of quirky travel-trinkets and oddities has become a rotating mini-museum in the window of a local bookstore.
Turin, Italy
One of the oldest and most significant collections of Ancient Egyptian archeology outside of Egypt.
Leesville, Louisiana
The only cave in Louisiana has played host to a state's-worth of clandestine activities.
West Orange, New Jersey
Thomas Edison's home and final resting place also boasts an impressive garage, where some of the earliest electric cars are on display.
Norwich, England
This medieval castle is filled with an eccentric collection that ranges from ancient Egyptian artifacts to taxidermy to a mummified hand that was cut off during a duel.
York, England
The remains of an ancient bathhouse sit inside this aptly-named pub.
Achmelvich, Scotland
Believed to be the smallest castle in Europe.
Kopačevo, Croatia
A small self-proclaimed micro-state located on a piece of disputed territory between Croatia and Serbia, near Liberland.
Hillsborough Township, New Jersey
A billionaire heiress' menagerie of animals were lovingly laid to rest on the grounds of her former estate.
New Orleans, Louisiana
After the oysters have been shucked, and the restaurant's been shuttered, the terrazzo sidewalk from the 1940s is all that remains.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A poignant museum dedicated to the history of the Dutch resistance against Nazi occupation
Munich, Germany
A giant snail sculpture looking longingly at the German traffic museum.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This city block-long devotional site, a replica of a famous site in France, is dedicated to the patron saint of grandmothers, mothers, and educators.
Charles City, Virginia
This estate on the banks of the James River was home to a Founding Father, two presidents, a famous bugle melody, and what some say was the actual first Thanksgiving.
Nuremberg, Germany
This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.