An idyllic swimming pool tells the tale of Hemingway's trouble with women.

London's last remaining public soapbox site has seen speeches from Karl Marx, Vladmir Lenin, and George Orwell.

This well-preserved Cistercian Abbey in a romantic pastoral setting has inspired artists like the poet Wordsworth.

This Welsh village gave itself a ridiculous name in a publicity stunt a century ahead of its time.

The oldest continual pilgrimage site in Britain was supposedly created by a gruesome beheading.

A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.

The world's largest prehistoric copper mine had 30,000 animal bones scattered throughout the maze of passageways.

The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.

A building so large that it has its own weather.

A Circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.

Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.

Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.

The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.

The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.