Oilman, "Uncle" Frank Phillips, needed a place to store his transpacific race-winning plane, Woolaroc, birthing what would become "the most unique place" in America, the Woolaroc Museum, home to an impressive display of Western and Native crafts as well as a sprawling wildlife reserve.
Coming here since 1961, campers have come to the Poconos to take part in Camp Timber Tops---we hope the cabins have heating.
The Hydro Majestic Hotel was originally built as a hydropathic treatment center.
This museum has Air Force One's earthbound predecessor, the Ferdinand Magellan, and fortunately it is on rails since it's had to move from Miami to Fort Lauderdale and back.
Likely took its name from a large group Italian immigrants who named the Depot after Como, Italy.
The Pools opened in 1909 with the finest tile work - which would become its saving grace.
This untamed haven of mountains, caves, and rivers has a special place in Albanian culture.
Tourism may be it's main industry these days, but once this town was a smuggler's haven.
Ride along this historic express train to a monastery founded by the once powerful Habsburgs.
Not only did it survive the Great Depression, the Hanna would go on to become the preeminent theater in the region.
Built in 1661 by - you guessed it - James Blake.
This perfectly picturesque chapel was once the place to go to cure any number of diseases.
The westernmost structure in Europe, and the only permanent building on Látrabjarg, Iceland’s largest seabird cliff.
Would you believe the longest concrete railway bridge in Scotland was built by a man named “Concrete Bob”?
Following in the footsteps of your heroes is never easy, but if your hero is Sir Hugh Munro you’ve got a tough mountain to climb to reach your goal.
Transformed into a traveling culinary experience thanks to Gonçalo Castel-Branco’s ten-year-old daughter.
A place of worship and gathering space this spot brings peace to a community fleeing war.
Now known as the Ville de l’Image, or City of the Image, it is home to a high school that specializes in visual and audiovisual communication.
"If there's a right way to make a piece of paper, it's the way that they've been doing it for 500 years at the water-powered mill."
From this serial vantage point on Cape Town's Table Mountain, no matter where you train your gaze, there is something that begs to be magnified.
A modern castle full of Swiss treasures, including an ancient statue discovered amongst a pile of bones.
Open for the summer season, these stalls sell ice cream, beach toys, and the like, while blending seamlessly with the typical striped homes of the region.
Nearly every climber who has summited since has recorded his or her thoughts about the extreme accomplishment in a book stored in a wooden box at the top.
Perast’s most famous landmark is this artificial islet, with a curious history, surrounded as much by legend as it is by water.
A turboprop airliner designed by Sir George Edwards, who oversaw the development of the supersonic 'Concorde'.
Bristol’s Adventurous Activity Company offers a diner-sized menu of outdoor challenges
A building of novel design that could satisfy city regulations while also providing clever advertising for his Turkish cigarettes.
Special boats running atop a picturesque Alpine lake located near the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana.
A colorful example of architecture that the early inhabitants of modern Wrocław were determined to clear as it represented remaining traces of German habitation.
A summer respite of tranquility a mere hour’s drive from Boston.
This station building serves the oldest funicular railway in the Basque country.
This lovely 19th-century church was built thanks to a land grant from a militia veteran of the War of 1812.
When Maine governor Percival Baxter established Baxter State Park, he wrote into its deed that it would remain "forever wild".
The largest labyrinth in Argentina boasts nine entrances for visitors to enter its maze.
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