Year: 2017

Cougar Annie’s Garden

Discover Cougar Annie's Garden in Boat Basin, British Columbia: Cougar Annie earned her nickname after shooting 60 cougars over the years as well as 80 black bears who threatened her garden.

The Tabasco Factory Museum in Louisiana

Discover Tabasco Museum and Factory in Avery Island, Louisiana: For 150 years one family has been producing the iconic hot sauce on a bayou island made of salt.

185 Chairs

Discover 185 Chairs in Christchurch, New Zealand: An unusual and powerful memorial in which earthquake victims are remembered by empty white chairs.

Dadsville

Discover Dadsville in West Alexandria, Ohio: This unincorporated community in western Ohio got its peculiar name from John "Daddy" Baker.

Pha Nang Khoi Cave

Discover Pha Nang Khoi Cave in Tambon Rong Kwang, Thailand: The long underground cave's curiously shaped stalagmites have inspired many legends.

Car in Concrete

The first sculpture at one of Spain's most unique art museums.

Old Bussana Medieval Ghost Town

Discover Old Bussana (Bussana Vecchia) in Sanremo, Italy: An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.

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