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Dixie Brewing Company in New Orleans, Louisiana
The Dixie Brewing Company was a regional brewery founded in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1907 and churned out its locally produced libation for nearly 100 years before its brewery was ruined by flooding...
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Gimbel's Bridge in New York, New York
In the early 1900's the two buildings once known collectively as Saks-34th Street were one of New York's glitziest shopping hubs, and they were connected with an equally opulent span now known as the...
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Unicorn Cave in Harz, Germany
The largest cave in Germany's Harz Mountains, known as Unicorn Cave was discovered in medieval times when the thinking was that the large deposits of strange bones could only belong the mythical horned...
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Vernon, Florida in Vernon, Florida
Hard times have befallen the residents of countless American small towns, but few have fought back so boldly as many of the citizens of Vernon, Florida who found that severing their limbs could be even...
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Ebenezer Place in Wick, Scotland
The product of a hotel built at the junction of two roads and city council that was strict about its rules, Ebenezer Place rules as the tiniest stretch of street in the world.During the 1880's,...
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Mausoleum of Petar II Petrovic-Njegos in Mount Lovćen, Montenegro
High atop an otherwise untouched mountaintop in the European country of Montenegro, the Mausoleum of Petar II Petrović-Njegoš remembers one of the region's beloved leaders with a contest-designed tomb...
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The Boston Stone in Boston, Massachusetts
Near Faneuil Hall in Boston is a grouping of cobblestone paved streets containing some the city’s last remaining colonial era buildings.The area includes the famed Union Oyster House restaurant as well...
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Timewheel in Budapest, Hungary
Budapest's Timewheel (Időkerék in Hungarian) is what could be the world's largest hourglass taking an entire year to drain completely.Literally a giant wheel designed to mark time, the public...
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The Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford , Connecticut
Finished in 1874, the Mark Twain House & Museum was built by the author to serve as a home for he and his wife, but financial troubles and the death of one of their children eventually made the...
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Rough and Ready in Rough and Ready, California
The Great Republic of Rough and Ready wanted no part of taxation, prohibition, or the government's lackadaisical approach to law enforcement. In April of 1850, the fine folks of the aptly-named mining...
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Tiger Tops in Kathmandu, Nepal
No more than two games are played per day, and no player is allowed to play those two games in a row. Games end at noon, and snacks and beverages are served at half-time—fresh cut grass and about 22...
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Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia, Bulgaria
Built in 1954 to honor the Soviet soldiers who died in Bulgarian efforts during World War II, the Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia has become a popular site for protest and vandalism involving...
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Welch Spring Hospital Ruins in Van Buren, Missouri
Sitting along Missouri's Current River, The gorgeously abandoned Welch Spring Hospital Ruins once offered healing waters, but not simply provides scenic ruin.Back in 1913, an Illinois doctor named C.H....
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Jack Kerouac House in St. Petersburg, Florida
Despite not leaving much else of a mark on the city where he spent his final years, the Jack Kerouac House in St. Petersburg, Florida still marks the author's passing and career and is a pilgrimage...
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Winlock Egg in Winlock, Washington
The gem of the Washington city of Winlock is a massive egg that has lasted for almost a hundred years in multiple massive incarnations.The Winlock Egg was first built in the 1920's to celebrate the...
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Stasi Museum in Berlin, Germany
An inside look at the operations of one of the most feared secret police states of the 20th century. The Stasi was the GDR's infamous secret police force. Considering itself the "shield and sword of...
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Pan Am's First Office in Key West, Florida
Home of Pan Am's first office, where the first American international flight ticket was bought has now become a bar owned by Top Gun's Kelly McGillis!Pan American World Airways was the US' largest...
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Hohenschonhausen Memorial Prison in Berlin, Germany
A behind the scenes look at one of the German Democratic Republic's formidable Stasi run secret prisons.When the Berlin wall fell and East German government buildings were being ransacked and torn...
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Fleishhacker Pool Ruins in San Francisco, California
Underneath the parking lot of the San Francisco Zoo lies one of the city's great lost landmarks: a massive saltwater swimming pool - possibly the largest in the world at the time.Designed to...
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Joaquin Miller Monuments in Oakland, California
500 acres of rolling hills covered in oak trees and native brush are punctuated with small hand built monuments of concrete and rubble stones, including a pyramid with a sweeping view of Oakland, and a...
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