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Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta Rainbow Crosswalks
A colorful square marks the heart of the city's LGBTQ community.
33.7817, -84.3803
Decatur, Georgia
Crowley Mausoleum
Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.
33.7572, -84.2656
Atlanta, Georgia
Center for Puppetry Arts
The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.
33.7927, -84.3896
Atlanta, Georgia
Junkman's Daughter
This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.
33.7670, -84.3491
Seffner, Florida
Airstream Ranch
An octet of classic chrome trailers speared into the ground act as a tribute to the silver bullets of the open road.
28.0095, -82.2846
Tampa, Florida
Columbia Restaurant
This grand Spanish-Cuban restaurant has been serving customers for more than a century.
27.9600, -82.4351
Celebration, Florida
Mickey Pylon
Electrical pylon in the shape of Disney's beloved mouse.
28.3038, -81.5742
Jefferson, Maryland
War Correspondents Memorial
One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.
39.4057, -77.6393
Lusby, Maryland
Calvert Cliffs State Park
Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.
38.3956, -76.4293
Los Angeles, California
Mel Brooks Handprint
There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.
34.1020, -118.3410
Munich, Germany
Wurmeck
A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.
48.1376, 11.5752
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Ratstrinkstube Clock Tower
Every hour the doors open to reenact the legend of the heroic mayor who saved his town by drinking a gallon of wine.
49.3775, 10.1787
Copenhagen, Denmark
Tivoli Gardens
Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.
55.6747, 12.5657
New York, New York
The High Line
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
40.7392, -74.0083
Los Angeles, California
Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Resting place of Hollywood's immortals is also site of summer film screenings.
34.0887, -118.3190
Long Beach, California
RMS Queen Mary
The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.
33.7528, -118.1897
Homestead, Florida
Ed Leedskalnin's Coral Castle
A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.
25.5005, -80.4446
Los Angeles, California
Griffith Observatory's Tesla Coil
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high power conical Tesla Coil.
34.1184, -118.3004
Cataño, Puerto Rico
Casa BacardÃ
The bat-covered home of one of the world's most popular brands of rum is located on a tropical Art Deco campus.
18.4582, -66.1393
New Shoreham, Rhode Island
Southeast Lighthouse
An architecturally unique lighthouse that had to be lifted up and moved to avoid falling in the sea.
41.1513, -71.5737
Paris, France
Sculptures de Décure
Exquisite wall sculptures carved in secret by an early quarryman in an obscure corner of the Paris Catacombs.
48.8338, 2.3324
Paris, France
Catacombes de Paris
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
48.8343, 2.3322
Kutna Hora, Czechia
Sedlec Ossuary "Bone Church"
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
49.9603, 15.2890
Monroeville, Pennsylvania
Monroeville Mall
The Pennsylvania shopping center was once the setting for the 1978 film, "Dawn of the Dead."
40.4291, -79.7952
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