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Joso, Japan

Honeybee Drinking Fountain

Every summer, this shrine sets up a tiny drinking fountain reserved for thirsty apians.
Joso, Japan

Kasane-ga-fuchi

The eerie, tragic setting of one of Japan’s most popular ghost stories.
Plant City, Florida

Dinosaur World

Nearly 200 prehistoric giants lurk among the trees at this theme park.
Henderson, Nevada

Dinosaur House

A retired schoolteacher in suburban Nevada transformed his front yard into a paleontological menagerie.
Laramie, Wyoming

Matthew Shepard Memorial Bench

It is the only marker for one of the most famous hate crimes in American history. There are no other memorials for him in the entire state.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Charles Addams Fine Arts Hall

This fine arts hall honors the mastermind behind our beloved creepy and kooky Addams Family.
Noblesville, Indiana

Hamilton County Museum of History and Jail

This turn of the century jail once held Charles Manson.
London, England

Umit & Son

A vintage media store and safe haven for cinema buffs who love 16mm films shown on vintage projectors.
New Milford, Connecticut

Gaylordsville Spite House

The best revenge is a five-tiered layer cake of a dwelling.
Cullenstown, Ireland

Shell Cottage

A 300-year-old cottage decorated with tens of thousands of seashells arranged in intricate patterns.
Yokohama, Japan

Odoriba Station

This subway station is named after a local legend about supernatural dancing cats.
Tonosho, Japan

Yokai Art Museum

This unique museum explores the world of Japanese demons and spirits.
Tsuruoka, Japan

Kamo Aquarium

Marvel at the world's largest collection of jellyfish, including more than 10,000 undulating moon jellies.
Jelgava, Latvia

Jelgava Palace

This ducal residence was once home to a future Russian empress and a French king in exile.
Northampton, Massachusetts

Stout Silver Medal Daylily Garden

This college campus garden is home to generations of award winning flowers.
Tokyo, Japan

Shinagawa Station

Japan's first train station is also the site of Godzilla's first destructive visit to the nation.
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

Busta Rhymes Island

One man is on a singular quest to name an island after a famous hip-hop artist.
Shrewsbury, Massachusetts

Garden of Sweet Remembrance

All that remains of the Whittall mansion are the ruins of the formal garden and its pergola, dedicated to the late Matthew J. Whittall by his widow.
Phippsburg, Maine

Seguin Island Light Station

George Washington commissioned this centuries-old lighthouse off the coast of Maine.
Sponsored by Visit Maine
Rockland, Maine

Project Puffin Visitor Center

Learn about the history and hopeful future of Maine’s nesting birds at this interactive Audubon facility.
Sponsored by Visit Maine
Trenton, Maine

Timber Tina’s Great Maine Lumberjack Show

This high-octane event honors Maine’s legacy as the birthplace of logging in the U.S.
Sponsored by Visit Maine
Badrshein, Egypt

South Pavilion Graffiti

The oldest tourist graffiti in the world helped archaeologists identify the Pyramid of Djoser.
Los Angeles, California

Ilé

Hidden in a Hollywood apartment, this restaurant takes diners on a gastronomic journey through West Africa.
Salem, Massachusetts

Yin Yu Tang: A Chinese Home

A rare 16-bedroom Qing Dynasty house re-erected on the campus of the Peabody Essex Museum.