Wellesley, Massachusetts
Burned at the Stake Monument
Dedicated to a college founder's alleged ancestor who was martyred in 1555.
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Wellesley, Massachusetts
Dedicated to a college founder's alleged ancestor who was martyred in 1555.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Inside a Scottish castle hangs the tattered remains of a flag with murky origins and supposed magic powers.
Glencolumbkille, Ireland
A map made up of 32 different materials, representing Ireland's 32 counties.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This ruined castle is said to be the legendary keep of a Viking princess.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
The train collection of an eccentric New England seafood mogul is now a National Historical Site.
Ronks, Pennsylvania
A huge railroad museum with over 100 pieces of rolling stock focusing on the railroad history of Pennsylvania.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The greatest collection of New Orleans masking and processional traditions covering everything from Baby Dolls to Skull and Bone gangs.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A prime example of New Orleans' unique architecture these early 20th century homes were built to look like steamboats.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This float factory takes the mask off of Mardi Gras and lets visitors see where the magic happens.
Denver, Colorado
Neal Cassady may still have an open tab at one of Denver’s oldest watering holes.
Newport, Kentucky
Dozens of tiny doors dot Newport's Mansion Hill neighborhood.
Saranac Lake, New York
A former infectious disease laboratory chronicles how tuberculosis shaped a village nestled in the Adirondacks.
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
A Colorado store that specializes in all things spiritual, metaphysical, and witchy.
Danville, Pennsylvania
Construction uncovered this trove of fossils, which visitors are welcome to add to their own collections.
Odense, Denmark
This aged paving stone, marked by a maiden's foot imprint and the tales of her plunge from the cathedral tower, serves as a memorial to a tragic local legend.
Horton, Kansas
A plaque recognizes "unquestionably the most widely published photograph in rural electrification history."
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Abandoned blast furnaces are an enduring reminder of Scranton's once booming iron business.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
A museum dedicated to the history of electric interurban transit near the home of the first electric trolley system in the United States.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
True to its name, this little house presents like a dollhouse, and surprising details are revealed with a quick peek through the window.
Stockholm, Sweden
A miniature statue of a beloved character from children's literature.
Stockholm, Sweden
On Nobel Street, a miniature statue of Alfred Nobel.
London, England
In Twickenham sits a small whitewashed castle that inspired Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein.'
North Bennington, Vermont
The building that inspired Shirley Jackson's "The Haunting of Hill House."