Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe House
Jean Lafitte's Old Absinthe HouseA 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing oursOne imagines the gazes were steely, the voices...
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Old DC 3 Plane at Canaima Air CampThe Canaima airstrip in Venezuela keeps an antique DC 3 plane in its camp.The village of Canaima in Venezuela is a hub for planes and travellers looking to explore the...
View ArticleBartlettyarns Mill
Bartlettyarns MillWorking wool mill used as the exterior for the mill in the 1990 horror film "Graveyard Shift"In the 1990 film adaptation of the Stephen King story "Graveyard Shift", a group of...
View ArticleDeerfield Massacre Mass Grave
Deerfield Massacre Mass GraveMass Grave of 48 colonists killed in a raid by Native Americans and the French in 1704In the winter of 1704, a group of about 300 French soldiers and Native American...
View ArticleGraves of Henry and William James
Graves of Henry and William JamesFinal resting place of the author who wrote the ghost story "The Turn of the Screw," and his brother, the Harvard doctor and paranormal investigatorHenry James...
View ArticleSTF Kolarbyn Eco Lodges
STF Kolarbyn Eco LodgesBring your hiking shoes, wool socks, and thermal underwear for a stay in these cozy forest huts.The STF Kolarbyn eco-lodges are located in the thick of Sweden's woods and are not...
View ArticleStatue of Elizabeth Montgomery
Statue of Elizabeth MontgomeryStatue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched"At the end of the Essex Street Pedestrian Mall in Salem, MA, is six-foot-tall...
View ArticleEast Corinth
East CorinthThe quaint little town in Vermont where Tim Burton's "Beetlejuice" was filmedIn the 1988 comedy Beetlejuice, the Maitlands, a recently deceased couple played by Geena Davis and Alec...
View ArticleBirthplace of H.H. Holmes
Birthplace of H.H. HolmesBirthplace of America's first documented serial killer Herman Webster Mudgett—or H.H. Holmes as he styled himself, was born in Gilmanton, NH, and is generally acknowledged as...
View ArticleMal Tiempo Steam Locomotives
Mal Tiempo Steam LocomotivesFour antique Baldwin trains are kept on display in the Mal Tiempo train depotCuba, having been the first Latin American country to get a railroad, has several old...
View ArticleCuba's Abandoned Nuclear Plant Construction
Cuba's Abandoned Nuclear Plant Construction A nuclear power plant abandoned along with an international allegience.In 1976, Cuba and the Soviet Union decided to build and co-manage a nuclear power...
View ArticleGajumaru Treehouse Diner
Gajumaru Treehouse DinerOkinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha HarborWhen the organic, happenstance beauty of nature is sharply juxtaposed with the planned and...
View ArticleParque EcoAlberto
Parque EcoAlbertoA park in Mexico offers all the experiences of an illegal border crossing except for one: the borderWhen it comes to visiting a park, part of its appeal is that it delivers exactly...
View ArticleWisteria Tunnel
Wisteria TunnelDifferent species of wisteria create a ceiling of flowers that drape the Wisteria Tunnel of Kawachi Fuji GardensThe Japanese have always been leaders in the art of landscaping, their...
View ArticleGraves of the Smuttynose Murder Victims
Graves of the Smuttynose Murder VictimsFinal resting place of the two women killed on a small island off the coast of New HampshireIn northern New England, a pair of matching, adjacent tombstones both...
View ArticleH.P. Lovecraft House
H.P. Lovecraft HouseLast residence of H.P. Lovecraft, used in his story, "The Haunter of the Dark"Howard Phillips Lovecraft was a horror fiction writer whose work went unrecognized during his short,...
View ArticleMas Freixa
Mas FreixaThe Gaudi-inspired building that was the start of Terrassenc modernismCombining traditional traits and materials alongside modern Catalan vaults and shapes, this parabolic structure was...
View ArticleGrave of the Boston Strangler
Grave of the Boston StranglerGrave of the man supposedly responsible for a series of infamous murders in Boston in the 1960sFrom 1962 to 1964, the Boston Strangler sexually assaulted and strangled...
View ArticleRozenburg Wind Wall
Rozenburg Wind WallThe Rozenberg wind wall in South Holland makes for smooth sailing through the Calandbrug canal. Rozenburg is a small port town in South Holland that has welcomed ships coming and...
View ArticleAvanos Hair Museum
Avanos Hair MuseumLocks of women's hair adorn the walls of a cave/house/pottery center with a surprisingly touching origin.Avanos, a small town in the Cappodocian area of Turkey, has a history of...
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