Mexico City, Mexico
Cafebrería El Péndulo
Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.
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Mexico City, Mexico
Part bookstore, part café, and part forest.
Savoca, Italy
A quiet Sicilian village is home to a cafe that had an important role in "The Godfather."
Winnetka, Illinois
Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."
Cambridge, England
The graveyard with the highest IQ in Britain.
Seale, Alabama
A wealth of local folk art, antiques, and curios, without ever leaving your car.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
This Boeing KC-97 tanker is now a restaurant for aviation lovers.
Accra, Ghana
This grounded passenger jet is now a restaurant, complete with rows of seats and “flight attendant” servers.
Deganwy, Wales
This ancient castle has been abandoned since the Edwardian conquest of Wales.
Koblenz, Germany
This fountain of a little boy that spits on passersby at erratic intervals is a town icon.
Nasu, Japan
Believed to hold the remains of Japan's most infamous fox spirit, this stone is said to kill those who dare approach.
Tokyo, Japan
A cursed torii gate still stands on the edge of Haneda Airport, decades after its shrine's relocation.
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
This art shopping center still boasts pieces of its past as a textile factory.
Nashville, Tennessee
It may take some time to locate, but it's sure to warm even a heart of stone.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Jeonju-si, South Korea
Throughout this South Korean village, homes and businesses are covered in fantastic handpainted murals.
Atlanta, Georgia
3/4-scale model of the White House in Atlanta, Georgia.
Decatur, Georgia
Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.