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This tiny island bears the name of Civil War veteran, fisherman, and local celebrity Richard Bassett.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

Once the grandest synagogue in medieval Spain, it now stands as a memorial of the 15th-century Jewish exile.

The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.

An acoustic anomaly with a mysterious cause sits in the heart of Tulsa.

A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.

This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.

House built with over 60,000 glass bottles.

This monument honors the band's impromptu performance at Cadillac highschool's homecoming decades ago.

The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.

Rushing water plunges over a 100-foot drop created by an ancient lava flow at this majestic waterfall.

This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.

This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.

Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.

Hidden beneath a beautiful overlook you’ll find the history of the city depicted in comic strip format next to a pay toilet.

At HopCat, a marker honors fictional creatures with the ability to travel the missing dimensions of Kcymaerxthaere.

Where most of the world's flypaper was made.

Romania's "Red Ravine" is a little-known natural wonder that bears a resemblance to the Grand Canyon.

Tucked away inside this concrete building is a church and its grand display of brutalist architecture.

This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.

This now abandoned restaurant provides some of the most amazing views of Lisboa.