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Kapishya Hot Springs.
Chinsali, Zambia

Kapishya Hot Springs

A secluded natural oasis hidden deep along a rainforest trail.
-11.1706, 31.6004
Added by jakeeugenekennedy
Our Favorite Reader Stories of Surprising Roadside Hotels
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Our Favorite Reader Stories of Surprising Roadside Hotels

It's check-in time for your memories of unforgettable travel lodgings.
June 18, 2018
What's the Most Surprising Roadside Hotel You've Stayed In?
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What's the Most Surprising Roadside Hotel You've Stayed In?

We want to hear about the unforgettable places you've dared to lay your head.
June 05, 2018
Hotel Paisano
Marfa, Texas

Hotel Paisano

A little stop along the Texas highway where Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor, and James Dean stayed while shooting the 1955 film "Giant."
30.3123, -104.0219
Added by Jake Uitti
The Bonaventure Hotel.
Los Angeles, California

The Bonaventure Hotel

The space-age building is home to one of the few remaining rotating restaurants in America, and the only one that inspired a 1980s sitcom.
34.0526, -118.2560
Added by jbartlett2000
This Old Coast Guard Tower Could Be the Ocean Hideout of Your Dreams
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This Old Coast Guard Tower Could Be the Ocean Hideout of Your Dreams

North Carolina's Frying Pan Tower is for sale.
May 04, 2018
Chinese Community Bulletin Board
Seattle, Washington

Chinese Community Bulletin Board

In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.
47.5980, -122.3240
Added by Jake Uitti
Rendering of the Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental.
Shanghai, China

Shimao Wonderland

The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.
31.0694, 121.2044
Added by mariellen
Château Laurier, looking like a European castle.
Ottawa, Ontario

Château Laurier

The mastermind behind this palatial hotel perished on the Titanic weeks before its grand opening.
45.4249, -75.6949
Added by michelle99704
The Unique 'Sea Tractor' That Carries Passengers Over the Waves
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The Unique 'Sea Tractor' That Carries Passengers Over the Waves

When the tide comes in, this unusual vehicle brings visitors to Burgh Island in England.
March 09, 2018
"The Ladies of the Evening" historical marker.
Nevada City, California

'Ladies of the Evening' Marker

Hidden in a hotel parking lot is a strange historical plaque erected by an obscure fraternal society.
39.2622, -121.0179
Added by Donald W McCormick
Curtain closed.
Taos, New Mexico

D.H. Lawrence Forbidden Art

Reproductions of nine oil paintings banned from England in 1929 coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.
36.4069, -105.5746
Added by tylercole
Dnipropetrovs'k, Ukraine

Art Center Kvartira

A beautiful art space and unusual mini-hotel hidden in the city center of Dnipro.
48.4636, 35.0433
Added by MorisPreston
From the archives of the Waldorf Astoria.
New York, New York

Waldorf Astoria Archives

Long-forgotten artifacts give incredible insight into New York's most glamorous hotel.
40.7566, -73.9736
Added by Luke J Spencer
Villa cheminée with the chimneys of the power station in the background.
Bouée, France

Villa Cheminée

This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.
47.2816, -1.8964
Added by hrnick
Around the World in 14,000 'Do Not Disturb' Signs
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Around the World in 14,000 'Do Not Disturb' Signs

Edoardo Flores has amassed a remarkable number of ways to say, "Not Now."
January 26, 2018
Courtyard monument.
Las Vegas, Nevada

Bugsy Siegel Monument

An overlooked monument to the celebrity gangster who helped put the sin in Sin City.
36.1159, -115.1706
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Mountain lion.
Las Vegas, Nevada

Mystic Falls Park

This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.
36.1128, -115.0623
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