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Devil's Tower in Devils Tower, Wyoming
Devil's Tower is obviously a mountain, but beyond that basic fact, there tends to be more questions than answers surrounding this iconic landmark.There are several geological theories and suggestions...
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Prague Pneumatic Post in Prague, Czech Republic
Once the dream of modern technology, sending messages and parcels zipping through miles of tubes, powered by air pressure, pneumatic dispatches have all but disappeared.The Prague Pneumatic Post was...
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Gobbler's Knob in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
People gather here very early (some arrive before 5:00 am) the morning of February 2nd to see Phil the Groundhog predict if we will have 6 more weeks of winter or if spring is just around the...
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Mount Loretto Beach Rock Garden in New York
In 1996, the Staten Island Advocate ran a front-page photograph of an odd assortment of stone cairns that had recently appeared on a beach in Mount Loretto State Park. The newspaper asked in its...
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Piasa Bird in Alton, Illinois
An image of this mythical monster from local folklore is painted on a limestone cliff.The terrifying Piasa Bird is depicted as a scaly creature with deer-like horns, toothy grin, long beard, huge...
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HL Hunley Submarine in North Charleston, South Carolina
On February 17, 1863, an unseen enemy launched a devastating attack on the Union ship USS Housatonic, sinking the ship and killing five of her crew.This was the beginning of a new era of battle at sea,...
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Museum of the American Cocktail in New Orleans, Louisiana
They say that New Orleans is the home of the first cocktail, and those who have visited find it hard to argue. Who is "they" you ask? Why, New Orleans of course.The first official cocktail, a little...
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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library in New Haven, Connecticut
Inside a stark modern marble building, Yale University's rare books are housed in an architecturally stunning, elevated, glassed-in, 6-story tower of book stacks.The stacks hold the university's...
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Captain Bligh's Grave in London, United Kingdom
"Know then my own Dear Betsy, that I have lost the Bounty...on the 28 April at day light in the morning Christian having the morning watch. He with several others came into my Cabin while I was a...
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Bayou St. John Confederate Submarine in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
In 1878, workers dredging the Bayou St. John made a very strange discovery: a submarine, right out of Jules Verne.Thought to have been built around 1862, the so-called Confederate Submarine is 20 feet...
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Museo de Perversidad- Museum of Perversity in Manzanillo, Mexico
When you enter the Museum of Perversity, you're greeted with a cacophony of human screams and whip cracks- have no fear, no one is being tortured, at least not in there. The sounds are being pumped...
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Tintagel Castle in Tintagel, United Kingdom
Tintagel Castle stands on windswept cliffs in North Cornwall overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The gorgeous castle is said to be the birthplace of King Arthur.Tintagel Castle is a medieval-era relic...
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The Wende Museum in Culver City, California
Located in an inconspicuous business center in Culver City, California, the Wende Museum is one of the world's largest collections of Cold War era items, paraphernalia, artifacts, and archives. The...
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The Superior Dome in Marquette, Michigan
At 536 ft. across, The Superior Dome has the largest diameter of any wooden dome in the world.The dome is an integral part of Northern Michigan University's sports complex. The flexible space, with a...
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Gotan Maailma in Helsinki, Finland
Götan Maailma is an ever-changing wunderkammer of a shop, with the merchandise ranging from Victorian mourning hair art, to a taxidermy badger, to a turtle with an ashtray in his shell, to an old...
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Stockholm Metro Art Gallery in Stockholm, Sweden
The Stockholm Metro has more than one hundred stations, and at least ninety of them have elaborate art installations as part of their status quo decor.The subway system was created in 1941, and first...
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Storyville in New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans has always done things a little differently. As if to prove that point, their "red light district" sprang up not because prostitution was chased out of most other parts of the city, but...
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The Conti Wax Museum in New Orleans , Louisiana
These days, wax museums don't draw a ton of attention. Often expensive, overridden with tourists, and too singularly focused on pop celebrities.But two centuries ago, the real Madame Tussaud...
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Marie Laveau's Tomb in New Orleans, Louisiana
Marie Laveau was a famous and powerful voodoo priestess who lived in New Orleans in the 19th century. Renowned in life and revered in death, some say she continues to work her magic from beyond the...
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Lafayette Cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana
The lovely tree-filled grounds of Lafayette Cemetery were established in 1833, and it is the oldest of the city-owned and operated cemeteries in New Orleans.More than 7,000 people are buried in the...
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