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Jalopy

Brooklyn, New York

Jalopy Theatre and School of Music

A community theatre in Brooklyn that brings Country to New York and New York to Country.

Red Hook Firehouse

Brooklyn, New York

Van Brunt St Fire House (H & L Engine Co 101, Engine 202)

Where there’s manufacturing, there’s fire!

Castle Williams

New York, New York

Castle Williams

In its day this historic fort held 100 cannons pointed in almost every direction to protect New York.

The heart of Laurence O'Toole, upon its return to Christ Church.

Dublin, Ireland

Oddities of Christ Church Cathedral

The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.

The Long Room Library at Trinity College

Dublin, Ireland

The Long Room Library at Trinity College

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.

Newgrange

Dowth, Ireland

Newgrange

The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.

Ring of Brodgar

Orkney, Scotland

Ring of Brodgar

The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.

Sugar House Prison window

New York, New York

The Sugar House Prison Window

An odd, ancient window that may have once been part of a brutal prison is embedded in the side of New York's Police Plaza.

Fountains lining the garden grounds.

Chiemsee, Germany

Herrenchiemsee Neues Schloss

Originally envisioned by King Ludwig II to rival Versailles, Herrenchiemsee's "New Palace" remains half-gilded for lack of funds.

Original elevators

Brooklyn, New York

The Remains of Abraham & Straus Department Store

The gilded vestiges of a sterling department store can still be found in a Brooklyn shopping center.

The Katyń Massacre Memorial

Jersey City, New Jersey

The Katyń Massacre Memorial

This evocative New Jersey statue memoralizes the Polish victims of a Soviet massacre.

Cheddar gorge and caves.

Cheddar, England

The Cheddar Man and Cannibals Museum

Museum about life, death, and cannibalism in the Stone Age.

Glastonbury High Street. (dichohecho/Flickr)

Glastonbury, England

Glastonbury

Fascinating town where normal life interfaces with the occult.

Campo de Fiori

Rome, Italy

Campo de Fiori

This ritzy Italian market is built around a statue of an unforgiven heretic who was burned for his belief in an endless universe.

The Stones of Stenness

Stromness, Scotland

The Stones of Stenness

Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.

The Mouth of Truth

Rome, Italy

The Mouth of Truth

The yawning maw of this pagan visage is said to bite off the hands of liars.

Inside the Red Hook Grain Elevator

Brooklyn, New York

Red Hook Grain Terminal

The most unloved grain elevator in Brooklyn was a “Magnificent Mistake.”

The Mulberry Bend

New York, New York

The Mulberry Bend

During the 19th century, you could pay for violence off a prix fixe menu on this Manhattan street.

The Water-Powered Mechanical Theater with nearly 200 moving wood carvings

Salzburg, Austria

Schloss Hellbrunn

Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.

Witch Dungeon Museum

Salem, Massachusetts

Witch Dungeon Museum

Experience the hysteria of a 17th century witch hunt through goofy reenactments and wax dummies that should probably be burned at the stake.

Giant Needle and Button

New York, New York

Giant Needle and Button

There must be a pun in this haystack somewhere...

Mont Saint-Michel

Mont Saint-Michel, France

Mont Saint-Michel

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.

Ploutonion at Hierapolis.

Denizli Merkez, Turkey

Pluto's Gate

A deadly ancient portal to the underworld.

The Old New York and New Jersey Telephone Company Building

Brooklyn, New York

The New York and New Jersey Telephone Company Building

As telephones become more essential and less stylish one historic Brooklyn building remembers the days when they were a grand celebration of communication.

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