Margate City, New Jersey
Lucy the Elephant
Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."
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Margate City, New Jersey
Step inside Lucy, the world's largest "elephant."
Wildwood, New Jersey
Vintage cars and motorcycles race for glory in a throwback motorsport celebration on the Jersey shore.
Cape May, New Jersey
The rusting remains are visible sticking out of the waters of the Delaware Bay.
Cape May, New Jersey
World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.
Chitina, Alaska
The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.
Anchorage, Alaska
While not recognized by Guinness, this chocolate waterfall is likely to be the world's largest.
Anchorage, Alaska
During the summer, surfers in Alaska take advantage of this inlet’s unusual water patterns.
Seward, Alaska
The beginning of the historic Iditarod Trail connecting the Alaskan cities of Seward and Nome.
Palmer, Alaska
An Alaska livestock farm devotes itself to harvesting wool from creatures that once ran with mammoths and sabertooth tigers.
Anchorage, Alaska
Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.
Chitina, Alaska
In the middle of the Alaskan wilderness, lies a train trestle to nowhere.
Chitina, Alaska
At 238 feet above the bottom of a gorge this span is known as the biggest thrill on the road to McCarthy.
Brunswick, Maine
This museum on a college campus pays tribute to the Arctic and to two explorer alumni.
Dublin, Ireland
Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.
Dublin, Ireland
The 19th-century pharmacy (now a used bookstore) was featured in James Joyce’s "Ulysses," and has changed very little to this day.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
This massive monument has been telling the time for 150 years—at a slight angle.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The last Victorian market in Belfast.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The only monument to name all of the passengers and crew who died on the RMS Titanic.
Geneva, Switzerland
A treasure trove of scientific instruments from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Punta Arenas, Chile
The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.
Boston, Massachusetts
This "life-size" depiction of Mickey Mouse as a half-lobster is both whimsical and a bit creepy, standing guard over the Boston waterfront.
Boston, Massachusetts
An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.