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Handy Guides to the World's Most Curious Places

The Great American Bigfoot Tour
International Cryptozoology Museum
Cryptozoology & Paranomal Museum in Littleton.
Cypress trees.

The Great American Bigfoot Tour

Follow in some famous footsteps, coast to coast.

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Including International Cryptozoology Museum, Cryptozoology & Paranormal Museum, Skunk Ape Research Headquarters, and Expedition Bigfoot (The Sasquatch Museum)

999 Places

Including International Cryptozoology Museum, Cryptozoology & Paranormal Museum, Skunk Ape Research Headquarters, and Expedition Bigfoot (The Sasquatch Museum)

19 Pubs Around the World Perfect for a Pint
The bar, with the window to the snug.
The Wool House

19 Pubs Around the World Perfect for a Pint

Fancy a drink with plenty of stories on the side?

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Including The Champion, Bennets Bar, Stone’s Public House, and High Country Market Bistro & GastroPub

999 Places

Including The Champion, Bennets Bar, Stone’s Public House, and High Country Market Bistro & GastroPub

15 Places Improbably Frozen in Time
Oasis Bordello Museum.
Goathland Station
The Thomas Hughes Library in Historic Rugby.
Secret maps of the UK in the Control Room.

15 Places Improbably Frozen in Time

Some things stand the test of time. Others get a little help along the way.

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Including Oasis Bordello Museum, Goathland Station, Garcia Moreno Prison Museum, and Ghost Town of Rovaiolo Vecchio

999 Places

Including Oasis Bordello Museum, Goathland Station, Garcia Moreno Prison Museum, and Ghost Town of Rovaiolo Vecchio

6 Unexpected Portland Snacking Experiences
Over 100 selections baked fresh daily, including the Tex-Ass doughnut (center-right, for scale).
Pix-O-matic
Creepy's
Wyrd Leatherworks and Mead Bar

6 Unexpected Portland Snacking Experiences

How to sip and snack like a longtime local in the City of Roses.

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Including Voodoo Doughnut and Wedding Chapel, Rimsky-Korsakoffee House, Ota Tofu, and Pix-O-Matic

999 Places

Including Voodoo Doughnut and Wedding Chapel, Rimsky-Korsakoffee House, Ota Tofu, and Pix-O-Matic

9 Portland Places That Raise More Questions Than Answers
Toy horse tied to a sidewalk ring in Portland, Oregon.
USS Blueback in Portland.
Giant Canister Vacs "The Va Cuna"
The Wishing Tree

9 Portland Places That Raise More Questions Than Answers

Welcome to Portland—prepare to be baffled.

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Including Portland Horse Rings, The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium, USS Blueback, and The Vacuum Cleaner Museum

999 Places

Including Portland Horse Rings, The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium, USS Blueback, and The Vacuum Cleaner Museum

10 of the World's Most Beautiful Fast-Food Restaurants
Batumi McDonald's.
A holographic pyramid displays images of Du Fu's hut.
Close-up of the McDonalds marquee with the Imperial eagle

10 of the World's Most Beautiful Fast-Food Restaurants

Incredible surroundings and a side of fries.

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Including Batumi McDonald’s, Du Fu KFC, Starbucks Ninenzaka Yasaka Chaya, and Port Pirie Barnacle Bill

999 Places

Including Batumi McDonald’s, Du Fu KFC, Starbucks Ninenzaka Yasaka Chaya, and Port Pirie Barnacle Bill