Zugarramurdi Witch Museum in Zugarramurdi , Spain
The town of Zugarramurdi on the Basque border in northern Spain may be small but during the 17th century Spanish Inquisition the rural settlement was the focus of one of the largest witch trials in...
View ArticlePasaquan in Marion County, Georgia
Founded by a man named St. EOM (nee Eddie Owens Martin), the psychedelic collection of buildings collectively known as Pasaquan was created at the behest of three beings from the future who came to the...
View ArticleMinneapolis Manhole Covers in Minneapolis, Minnestoa
Most visitors to new cities don't come home raving about the locations manhole covers, but the city of Minneapolis has made their their underfoot sewer covers a point of artistic pride with designs...
View ArticleCave of Zugarramurdi in Zugarramurdi, Spain
The yawning caves near the town of Zugarramurdi in northern Spain may not be covered in impressive rock formations, but the cavernous space has long been rumored to have been home to witchcraft and...
View ArticleWyntoon in Siskiyou County, California
While famed publisher William Randolph Hearst's most famous architectural jewel was his castle in San Simeon, California, he also built a semi-secret Bavarian-styled estate using materials he stole out...
View ArticleCastle Werdenfels in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Jutting ominously into the German sky, the preserved ruins of Castle Werdenfels are all that is left of a centuries old holdfast that is steeped in legend and was partially torn down to build a new...
View ArticleMr. Blobby's House in Cricket Saint Thomas, United Kingdom
Known to the masses as Mr. Blobby, the strange polka-dotted mascot of children's program Noel's House Party was the main draw at the short-lived theme park based around the show, and now all that...
View ArticleHong Kong Willie in Tampa, Florida
Sitting along I-75 in Tampa, Florida is a squat bait shop that looks like it may have been dragged up from the bottom of the ocean for all of the fishing buoys wrapped on and around it, but this is...
View ArticleNegev Desert Embroidery and Weaving in Lakiya , Israel
Originally established to improve the finances and position of Bedouin women by making their crafts more commercially available, the Negev Desert Embroidery and Weaving programs have become officially...
View ArticleSha'ar HaGolan in Sha'ar HaGolan, Israel
Uncovered during the 1930's, the Sha'ar HaGolan site produced evidence of one of Israel's earliest civilized cultures who may have built the earliest roads known to man and were the first peoples in...
View ArticlePoint Reno in Washington, District of Columbia
At the highest natural point in the District of Columbia stood a fort that played an integral part in keeping the Confederate Army out of the U.S. capital during the only Civil War battle to take place...
View ArticlePikes Peak Summit House in Cascade, Colorado
America's highest deep fryer sits in the Pikes Peak Summit House, churning out hundreds of strange donuts each day that must be eaten at the summit elevation lest they spoil in the thicker air...
View ArticleSt. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art in Glasgow, Scotland
Housed in a building designed to look like a traditional Scottish fortress, the St. Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art explores the very history of religion itself by offering a collection that...
View ArticleBeit Jann in Beit Jann , Israel
One of the final homes of the Druze people, the Israeli village of Beit Jann preserves not just its people's culture but also the building materials that they established the village with.Nestled atop...
View ArticleMedical Clowning Program at Haifa University in Haifa , Israel
While Americans most frequently associate clowns in hospitals with the film Patch Adams starring comedian Robin Williams, at Israel's Haifa University, the art and methodology of medical clowning is no...
View ArticleMount Arvon in Baraga County, Michigan
In a maze of logging roads in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan stands Mount Arvon, the state's highest point at 1,979 feet above sea level. However, until recently, another peak nearby was thought to...
View ArticleSynagogue Mikvé Israel-Emanuel in Willemstad, Curacao
The Synagogue Mikvé Israel-Emanuel is one of the oldest synagogues in the Western world yet its sand floor is not a product of age but a tribute to a time of persecution of the local Jewish people....
View ArticleHigh Roller in Las Vegas, Nevada
Technically known as an "observation wheel," Las Vegas' titanic spinning attraction known as the High Roller spins its riders hundreds of feet above the Strip and in true Vegas fashion, encourages...
View ArticleStay On Main Hotel in Los Angeles, California
The historic (and recently re-branded) Stay On Main Hotel in downtown Los Angeles has a history of suicide, murder, and madness stretching back more than 50 years when the location was known as the...
View ArticleKfar Kama in Kfar Kama, Israel
Kfar Kama is one of the homes of the Circassians, a Muslim minority that draws a strict line between belief and nationalism, allowing them to devote themselves to both.This small town in the Galilee...
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