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WhiskeyBristles

Formerly a bartender from Washington, DC, now a wildland firefighter in the American Southwest.

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Nashville, Tennessee

Yay Yay's

Buttermilk biscuits so nice, you'll say “yay” twice.

rachelrummel

Added by rachelrummel

Madison, Tennessee

Pinky Ring Pizza

Pickles belong on pizza and this freewheeling outpost proves it.

rachelrummel

Added by rachelrummel

Nashville, Tennessee

Brown's Diner

This beloved cheeseburger-slinging trailer holds Nashville's oldest beer license.

rachelrummel

Added by rachelrummel

Hume, California

General Grant

The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.

Added by joesnuffy

Hastings, Nebraska

Bigfoot Crossroads of America

This museum started by a curious collector is now a place for believers and skeptics alike.

Added by heshsf

Lakeview, Oregon

Old Perpetual Geyser

Along the Outback Scenic Byway, adjacent to hot springs, this human-made geothermal feature takes unexplained breaks.

Added by chickenyday

Mexico City, Mexico

Cablebús Line 1

This scenic cable car ride glides 100 feet above Mexico City.

carlenefowlkes

Added by carlenefowlkes

Broome, Australia

Sun Pictures

The oldest operating picture gardens in the world.

Added by Obscuravibes

Kassel, Germany

Walter De Maria's Vertical Earth Kilometer

A two-inch thick solid brass rod that extends an astounding one kilometer straight into the earth.

jamesb

Added by jamesb

Vienna, Austria

Naturhistorisches Museum

Beautiful Austrian natural history museum with carved ceilings and row after row of ancient taxidermy.

Dylan

Vienna, Austria

Jubiläumswarte

Located right outside of Vienna, visitors can take in expansive views of an ethereal forest.

acclarkey

Added by acclarkey

Vienna, Austria

Museum of Art Fakes

This Austrian museum celebrates the work of famous forgers and their inimitable imitations.

Added by ericjamieson

Vienna, Austria

Globe Museum

Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.

Dylan

Thorpdale, Australia

Site of the World's Tallest Tree

The massive mountain ash that once stood at this site was cut down in an effort to prove that it was, indeed, the tallest of its kind.

Gavin

Gypsum, Colorado

Dotsero Crater

Colorado's only active volcano last erupted around 4,000 years ago.

topherc1

Added by topherc1

Kings Beach, California

Martis Peak Lookout

An early 20th-century fire lookout, still in intermittent use, preserves legacy fire-locating equipment.

slgwv

Tuscumbia, Alabama

Helen Keller's Water Pump

Underneath this water pump, Annie Sullivan helped Keller speak her first words.

Josh Belcher

Added by Josh Belcher

Tiroran, Scotland

The Fossil Tree and Burg

On a corner of the Ardmeanach peninsula on the Isle of Mull, a 50 million-year-old fossil tree hides in the coastal cliffs.

Added by derek58

Ronneburg Restaurant

What was once a communal kitchen now serves heaping portions of hearty German fare.

ccafaro77

Added by ccafaro77

Yorba Linda, California

Richard Nixon's Resignation Helicopter

The helicopter that "Tricky Dick" absconded from the White House in on his last day in office.

Added by alebrun

St. Louis, Missouri

Bulrush

This ambitious restaurant celebrates the culinary traditions of the Ozarks before 1870.

ccafaro77

Added by ccafaro77

Kennett Square, Pennsylvania

The Woodlands at Phillips Mushroom Farms

Visit a fourth-generation farm and museum dedicated to everyone's favorite fungi.

Added by colinbroccoli

London, England

Beigel Bake

Order a salt beef-loaded beigel at any hour of the day or night at this East End institution.

Diana Hubbell

Added by Diana Hubbell

London, England

Tongue & Brisket

This third-generation institution is one of the last in London that still cures its own salt beef for epic sandwiches.

Diana Hubbell

Added by Diana Hubbell