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Pacific Grove, California

Point Pinos Lighthouse

The oldest lighthouse on America's west coast no longer needs keepers, yet they maintain the site anyhow.
Pacific Grove, California

Pacific Grove Butterfly House

Hopeless romantics will swoon over the sweet story behind this bright and colorful home.
Chestertown, Maryland

Modern Stone Age Kitchen

Learn about our ancestral eating habits at the passion project of an archeologist.
Istanbul, Turkey

Inciralti Meyhanesi

Wash down heaping platters of meze with raki at one of the city's best taverns.
Istanbul, Turkey

Kanaat Lokantasi

This family-owned canteen has been selling goat milk ice cream since 1933.
Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver Maritime Museum

Step aboard the first ship to circumnavigate North America.
Istanbul, Turkey

Siirt Şeref Büryan

Come for the whole sides of slow-roasted lamb, stay for the regional Kurdish specialties.
Istanbul, Turkey

Buuzecedi

Homesick Syrian refugees head to this restaurant for a taste of Damascus.
Milan, Italy

Crypt of San Sepolcro

Saint Borromeo often prayed in this austere crypt during the 16th century.
Istanbul, Turkey

Bar at Biz Istanbul

Eat your way through history.
Istanbul, Turkey

Lacivert

Feast on the freshest of fish by the Bosphorus.
Zoetermeer, Netherlands

National Videogame Museum

A multi-story, retro videogame time capsule in the Netherlands.
Barboursville, West Virginia

Billy Bob’s Wonderland

This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.
Syracuse, Italy

Fountain of Arethusa

According to Greek mythology, this natural spring is the home of a freshwater nymph.
Tunis, Tunisia

Villa Yvonne

A ghostly mansion in the middle of downtown Tunis.
Manchester, England

Rolls-Royce Reg. No. AX148

One of the oldest Rolls-Royce automobiles in existence, this vehicle was once driven by Henry Royce himself.
Milan, Italy

Dancing Bull of Good Fortune

Third time's a charm, or in this case, two testicles are.
Bolton, North Carolina

Grahamland Attractions

Hundreds of fiberglass structures line the side of the road in the middle of nowhere.
Tangier, Morocco

Tangier Seaside Cliff Steps

Known to backpackers as the "Steps of Doom," this walkway carved into the side of a seaside cliff leads to the Roman Tombs.
Big Bend National Park, Texas

Balanced Rock

This gravity-defying rock formation is one of Big Bend’s natural wonders.
Georgetown, South Carolina

Gullah Museum

A unique museum that uses visual art and storytelling to reveal the hidden history of the Gullah Geechee and their African ancestors.
Reading, England

Holy Well of St. Anne

Once the site of medieval pilgrimage for its healing powers, this well was lost and later rediscovered.
Bangkok, Thailand

Hai Som Tam Convent

Isaan street food staples are in spectacular form at this no-frills institution.
Hertford, England

Panshanger Orangery

The last remains of a long-demolished estate.