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nbj914

Nick is a National Magazine Award-winning editorial and business leader who has had the privilege of working for many of your favorite publications. He's primarily interested in great storytelling, high-quality journalism, and a free press.

https://nbjackson.com/

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Stanhope, New Jersey

Waterloo Village

Historic town settled in the 19th century because of its convenient location along a popular coal transport route.

Added by pohanica

Lindsay, Ontario

Youngtown Rock and Roll Museum

Named in tribute to Canadian singer and songwriter Neil Young.

Added by Facebook505381840

Okunoin Cemetery

Largest graveyard in all of Japan surrounds a famous mausoleum.

Placerville, California

Gothic Rose Antiques & Curiosities

Eclectic collection of dark and macabre antiques.

Added by GothicRose

Antelope Canyon

Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.

leiris

Added by leiris

Yoro Park

Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.

Bethesda, Maryland

Glen Echo Amusement Park

Once home to seven different roller coasters, Glen Echo has undergone many transformations since its founding in 1891.

LeahC

Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum

An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.

Added by Swampthing

Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Schmidt Museum of Coca-Cola Memorabilia

World's largest collection of Coke-related items not held by the Coca-Cola company.

Added by Facebook1155930175

Las Médulas

Devastated landscape used for hundreds of years by the Romans as their primary mining site.

California City, California

Lake Shore Inn

Abandoned hotel with adjacent lake and golf course.

Great Banyan Tree

A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.

leiris

Added by leiris

Marseille, France

Monument Arthur Rimbaud

"Drunken ship" sculpture memorializing the French poet in the city where he died.

Allison

Added by Allison

Qaradagh, Azerbaijan

Neft Dasları

Complete town of 5,000 living out at sea on the world's first offshore oil platform.

Bollène, France

Barry Troglodyte Village

Series of underground houses inhabited continuously for centuries.

Added by Chryseis

Copenhagen, Denmark

Freetown Christiania

Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.

PaperTiger

Added by PaperTiger

Kupr, Sierra Leone

Bunce Island

Home of the ruins of a British slave castle.

leiris

Added by leiris

Kabul, Afghanistan

Skateistan

Afghanistan's first skatepark, located in war torn Kabul.

PaperTiger

Added by PaperTiger

Orick, California

Fern Canyon

Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.

leiris

Added by leiris

Potosi, Bolivia

Potosí Silver Mines

Mountain of unimaginable riches that bankrolled the Spanish Empire, complete with its own underworld god.

PaperTiger

Added by PaperTiger

Vulcan, Alberta

Vulcan

Live long and prosper in Vulcan, Alberta.

canuck

Added by canuck

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Harry's Occult Shop

Century-old shop, specializing in Occult products.

Lily Landes

Added by Lily Landes

Beaufort, South Carolina

Kazoobie Kazoo Museum

This museum gives tribute to the underappreciated "Down-South Submarine."

Rotorua, New Zealand

Rotorua

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Dylan