Prescott, Arizona
The Palace Saloon
This Prescott institution is widely considered the oldest bar in Arizona.
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Prescott, Arizona
This Prescott institution is widely considered the oldest bar in Arizona.
Egypt
Rare surviving tombs from one of the "Dark Ages" of Ancient Egypt.
Niles, Michigan
A cabinet of funerary art and death culture hidden inside an oddities shop.
Rovaniemi, Finland
This Finnish town on the Arctic Circle is trademarked as the Official Hometown of Santa Claus.
London, England
The world’s second-largest flood defense barrier has protected London for decades.
Gibsland, Louisiana
Historical marker at the spot where Bonnie and Clyde were killed.
Winchcombe, England
A ruined castle revived by a glove magnate, home to countless tales of bad luck, romance, and war.
Greenwich, New Jersey
A memorial to revolutionaries who opposed British taxation.
Ketchum, Idaho
Ride a gondola up to this historic mountainside eatery.
Downpatrick, Northern Ireland
This 18th century mansion played Winterfell in Game of Thrones.
New York, New York
The studio and home of one of America’s preeminent mid-century sculptors.
Arlington, Virginia
Through a gap in a chain link fence behind an auto shop is one of Arlington’s oldest family cemeteries.
Front Royal, Virginia
Crumbled shell of one of the oldest buildings in Virginia.
Danbury, England
St John the Baptist Church in Danbury, Essex, is a wonderful place to explore medieval architecture and artistry, in particular their bench ends, knight effigies, and unique squint.
Portland, Oregon
Virgil Earp, Wyatt Earp’s brother, is among those buried here.
Lighthouse Point, Florida
This onetime gambler’s den was turned into a destination restaurant, reachable only by boat.
Salem, Massachusetts
Sail on this replica of the first American privateer vessel to make a capture during the War of 1812.
Schleiden, Germany
An eerie ghost village hidden in the forests of the Eifel, frozen in a strange postwar limbo.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
These 11,000-year-old mounds may be the oldest known human-made structures in the Americas.
Freeport, Maine
Suspended from this brewery’s tasting room ceiling is a full-sized fin whale skeleton.
Badrshein, Egypt
In 2400 BC, two male hairstylists decided to spend eternity together. But maybe they were just friends?
South Hero, Vermont
This rail trail culminates in a three-mile land bridge only accessible to cyclists and pedestrians.
New York, New York
Some of the world’s most popular songs came out of this building.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Why would a Civil War general and president choose to be buried in a local Indianapolis graveyard and not Arlington National Cemetery?