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Sydney Observatory in The Rocks, Australia
The Sydney Observatory is home to a working refracting lens telescope which has been in use for over 135 years.It is the oldest working refracting lens telescope in the Southern Hemisphere. The...
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"Stumpy" John Silver in Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
An unlikely war hero's stuffed body is on display at the National Museum of the US Air Force in Dayton.John Silver was a homing pigeon who served in World War I. While delivering a message under heavy...
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Notre Dame du Raincy in Le Raincy, France
Sometimes called the “Holy Chapel of Reinforced Concrete”, Notre Dame du Raincy has the peculiar particularity of being the first place of worship built in France using grey cement.The architect...
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Home of Lola Montez in Grass Valley, California
“Exercise, not philosophically and with religious gravity undertaken, but with the wild and romping activities of a spirited girl who runs up and down as if her veins were full of wine.”-Lola...
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Woodlawn Cemetery in New York, New York
Covering over 400 acres of land in memorials and gravestones, the Woodlawn Cemetery is widely known as one of the largest cemeteries in New York City.Tucked inside its rolling hills and along its...
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The Village Gate Sign in New York, New York
The Bleecker Street sign in Greenwich Village for the legendary music venue The Village Gate still stands, though the venue closed in 1993.Art D'Lugoff, the impressario on the sign, was the owner of...
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Boswell Embalming Bottle House in Boswell, Canada
There's no denying the appeal of owning picturesque house overlooking Kootenay Lake--even if that house is built from 500,000 empty embalming fluid bottles. In fact, some people would undoubtedly find...
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Cathedral of St. Ambrose - Church of the Dinosaur Skull in Rozzano, Italy
Among all of the followers attending the Cathedral of St. Ambrose in Vigevano, a prehistoric remnant remains the most faithful.The stone that was used to erect the walls of St. Ambrose hold the remains...
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The Monroe Institute in Faber, Virginia
Robert Monroe, founder of the Monroe Institute, would be the last kind of person you would expect to create a school for ″Expanding human consciousness″. He was a successful New York broadcasting...
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Mysterious Volgograd Balls in Volgograd, Russia
Ever since these mysterious spherical objects were found in Mokraya Olkhovka, legend and mystery has surrounded them.The first theory of their origin was that they were the eggs of a dinosaur. That...
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Little Finland in Mesquite, Nevada
Little Finland is a land of windswept goblins and gremlins on a cliff's edge, overlooking a desert plain. Stone formations that evoke visions of creatures and machines, and inspire imaginations and...
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The Bunker Hill Covered Bridge in Catawba, North Carolina
The appeal of covered bridges is undeniable. Their rich history and their tendency to be found in random, out-of-the-way places offer a bemusing combination to country wanderers.The Bunker Hill Covered...
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Brooklyn Townhouse Secret Subway Exit in Brooklyn, New York
Brooklynites pass by any number of townhouses every day without giving them a second thought, including this one- but this one deserves a second look.This house isn't actually a house at all--it's a...
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Chapelle Notre Dame de la Medaille Miraculeuse in Paris, France
Each year thousands of Christian worshipers from all over the world come and pray to the Chapelle of the Miraculous Medal.They come to find hope, pray for their redemption, or seek a miraculous...
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Hindenburg Crash Site in Lakehurst, New Jersey
On May 6, 1937, the Hindenburg disaster took the lives of 35 people and left in its wake some of the most shocking and captivating disaster footage and photos the world will ever know.During an attempt...
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Dozmary Pool in Bolventor, United Kingdom
Dozmary Pool is a legendary body of water located on Bodmin Moor.In 1951, the pool received a designation as a Site of Special Scientific Interest, but its historical importance stretches back much...
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Younger's Bend in Porum, Oklahoma
As the once home of Belle Starr, known in the dime novels as the "Bandit Queen” and the "Petticoat Terror of the Plains," Younger's Bend saw its share of outlaws and lawmen riding through its wooded...
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The Rosegate House in New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans's historical past is legendarily rich, feverous and so deeply rooted that even hurricane Katrina couldn't destroy the ghostly aura of the famous port city.From the European colonization era...
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The World's Smallest Hotel - Eh'häusl in Amberg, Germany
At only 2.5 m wide, there isn't a lot of room in this tiny accommodation. That works out to about 53 square meters of room, for one hotel.With a claim of the smallest hotel in the world and an...
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Goldbar in New York, New York
It turns out that New York City, like Rome, Faro or the Czermna in Poland, has its own Ossuary in the Lower East Side.This one is a little more recent than the others, however. It mushroomed in 2007,...
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