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Brisbane is arguably one of Queensland’s hippest cities, a beautiful, undulating river town with a  fantastic food scene, pumping nightlife,  great cafes and parks scattered around the river. Though one of the most expensive cities (in particular, its parking...

Cutting down a steep slope right in the heart of the Belgian city of Liège, Bueren Mountain is not in fact a mountain, but is actually a long staircase that can literally take your breath away by the time you get to the top.  The long staircase was built in...

Today the sprawling mansion estate known as Whirlwind is a crumbling ruin of peeling paint and tacky memories, but in its heyday, the house was a show palace, whose upkeep and utilities were so astronomical that it was doomed from the start.     Using...

As home to the annual "Hon Festival" where people show up dressed like 1960s housewives to honor a term of endearment, Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood is no stranger to strangeness, but the Bazaar oddities and taxidermy shop stands out even there.  Packed...

Recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the "World’s Largest Covered Wagon," an honor that is unlikely to have a number of challengers, Illinois’ Railsplitter covered wagon is a roadside novelty driven by a titanic Abraham Lincoln.  Created...

The sport of basketball was invented in 1891 in a Massachusetts YMCA, and has gone on to become a quintessential American institution, yet the sport’s oldest court can be found in a Paris basement. The popular sport was first created by a YMCA instructor as a rainy day...