Places Edited by tylercole

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .

These historic buildings once housed the headquarters of one of the most infamous gangs of New York.

Touching mementoes from those who didn't make it back from World War I still hang in one of New York's oldest bars.

Before there were doorbells this bronze ear was installed for visitors to announce their arrival.

The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.

Monument to a forgotten NYC disaster that claimed the lives of 1,000.

This titanic java kettle is one of the many kitschy landmarks located along America's OTHER famous highway.

This innocuous New Mexico storefront was once the secret jump-off spot for Manhattan Project scientists.

A former gold rush boomtown has managed to stay in business for over 100 ramshackle years.

Nondescript elevator doors open to reveal a stunning, surreal world.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.

This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.

The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."

Nestled in the heart of San Francisco’s bustling Financial District stands a unique homage to the Mayan and Beaux Arts.

A burnt-out motel with priceless Native American artwork in the basement, redeveloped into apartments.

Faceless white figures loom over the city from the rooftop.

This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

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

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

San Francisco's oldest surviving monument and meeting place for 1906 survivors.

A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.