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Mill Run, Pennsylvania

Fallingwater

Frank Lloyd Wright's most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
Altoona, Pennsylvania

Leap-The-Dips

Behold the rickety wooden glory of the world's oldest operating roller coaster.
Altoona, Pennsylvania

Horseshoe Curve

This dramatic rail curve was once the target of a failed Nazi attack.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Johnstown Inclined Plane

Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania

Johnstown Flood Museum

Memorializing an American tragedy of massive proportions.
Seattle, Washington

Gum Wall

A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Key West, Florida

Ernest Hemingway Home & Museum

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

Congress Bridge Bats

Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Roslin, Scotland

Rosslyn Chapel

A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.
Wieliczka, Poland

Wieliczka Salt Mine

An underground city of salt.
Greece

The Oracle of Delphi

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Washington, D.C.

International Spy Museum

Home to items never before seen by the public.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Church Brew Works

A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.
Portland, Oregon

Voodoo Doughnut and Wedding Chapel

The magic's in the hole!
Vieques, Puerto Rico

Mosquito Bay

The world's brightest bioluminescent bay.
San Francisco, California

Alcatraz Island

In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Paris, France

Père Lachaise Cemetery

France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Wiltshire, England

Stonehenge

Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Kalabaka, Greece

Meteora

Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.
Siem Reap, Cambodia

Ta Prohm

A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Mont Saint-Michel, France

Mont Saint-Michel

This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
New York, New York

The 'Ghostbusters' Firehouse

Try not to get slimed in Tribeca.
Seattle, Washington

Seattle Underground

A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.
Schwangau, Germany

Neuschwanstein Castle

The fairy tale castle of the "fairy-tale king."