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Kunstkammer Wien in Vienna, Austria
The Kunstkammer Wien reopened in March of 2013 after being closed to the public for a decade, and contains the contents of the "chamber of wonders" amassed by the Habsburgs.The over 2,000 curiosities...
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World's Smallest Police Station in Carrabelle, Florida
This phone booth in Carabelle, Florida is alleged to be the "World's Smallest Police Station," and who are we to disagree?Its history belongs to law enforcement through and through. Built in 1963, it...
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Mons Meg in Edinburgh, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (UK)
When the king who has everything gets married, it's important to have just the right gift: In this case the perfect thing was two enormous cannons, equipped to fire enormous cannonballs weighing in at...
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Buckner Building in Whittier, Alaska
The Buckner Building once housed the entire city of Whittier, Alaska.Built in 1949, the compound was was renowned as the "City under one Roof" and was used as a secret and self-contained military base....
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Dorothy's House and Land of Oz in Liberal, Kansas
The Dorothy's House museum and Land of Oz is a trip over the rainbow into a land populated with dusty mannequins dressed in ill-fitting costumes.Prior to the 1970s, the iconic Dorothy Gale made famous...
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Old Spanish Trail Zero Milestone in St. Augustine, Florida
The "zero" milestone of the Old Spanish Trail is a hard-to-miss, spherical monument made of coquina shells nestled in the underbrush.The milestone marks the end of the Old Spanish Trail auto highway...
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Petersen Automotive Vault in Los Angeles, California
While the upper levels of the Petersen Automotive Museum are sleek with carefully curated exhibitions and street-view showcases, down below is a hidden chamber of auto wonders. Known as "The Vault,"...
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Ruins of Tantallon Castle in North Berwick, Scotland
In 1651, Cromwell's armies descended on the ancient stronghold of the noble Douglas family, with 3000 men attacking, they laid waste to the survivor of previous centuries of sieges and battles, the...
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Two Guns in Two Guns, Arizona
It's got all the workings of a modern day Hamlet - murder, madness, and supernatural superstition dotting its colorful history. Two Guns (known as Canyon Lodge) started out as a modest trading post at...
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The World's Largest Wind Tunnel in Mountain View, California
The largest wind tunnel in the world is big enough to test a 737 airplane, and is part of NASA Ames Research Center's state-of-the-art aerodynamics complex.The wind tunnel, which is 80-feet-by-120-feet...
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Greyfriars Cemetery Mortsafes in Edinburgh, Scotland
The history of Edinburgh and the history of body snatching go hand in hand. As evidence, residents of the capitol city once were so concerned about ending up on the anatomist's table rather than lying...
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Inez Clark Monument in Chicago, Illinois
Deep within Chicago’s infamous Graceland Cemetery is an eerie and unsettling monument known as Inez Clark.Although hoisted on a stone pedestal and completely encased in glass, this haunting statue of a...
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Prehistoric Trackways National Monument in Las Cruces, New Mexico
In the much-loved city of Las Cruces, outdoor activities are paramount and plentiful. Of the many exciting adventures to be found in this stark and stunning landscape is discovering the marks left...
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Three Natural Bridges in Wulong County, China
In Chinese, their names translate into "Sky Dragon", "Azure (or Green) Dragon", and "Black Dragon."These stunning natural stone bridges were formerly caves until the ground collapsed, leaving...
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Irish Hunger Memorial in New York City, New York
Between the steel and glass skyscrapers of the financial district and the Hudson River is an oddly rural sight: a fallow potato field and the ruins of a 19th-century cottage. A winding path is lined...
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MV Plassey in Ireland
Winds howling at 60 mph, the inhabitants of remote Inis Oirr struggled against blinding sand and slick, seaweed-covered terrain to rescue the men of the distressed MV Plassey.The steam trawler,...
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Peace Maze of Northern Ireland in Castlewellan, Northern Ireland
The world's second largest permanent hedge maze was designed to commemorate the peace and reconciliation efforts of Northern Ireland in the past century.The hedge is comprised of 6,000 yew trees, many...
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The Glen in Strandhill, Ireland
There are arboretums, and then there are herb gardens. There are mountains, and then there are hills. And in Ireland, there are glens, and then there is The Glen.If a glen is a small valley, then The...
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Conolly's Folly in Celbridge, Ireland
Conolly’s Folly located in County Kildare, Ireland, is unique for a variety of reasons. It is not every day that you come across a large stone structure of no particular religious association comprised...
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Burke & Hare Murder Dolls in Edinburgh, Scotland
Just a few years after the “Anatomy Murderers” Burke and Hare were apprehended in Edinburgh, two boys discovered these tiny dolls, each nested into a miniature coffin hidden away in the city park.At...
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