Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
Gnome Road
A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.
Places I've been
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Red Feather Lakes, Colorado
A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.
Charleston, South Carolina
Charleston's historic city jail once held everyone from pirates to Civil War POWs.
Mountain View, California
One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.
Bermuda
The world's smallest drawbridge.
Dearborn, Michigan
A sealed test tube said to hold Thomas Edison's dying breath was given to the inventor's friend and mentee, Henry Ford.
Bermuda
Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.
Boston, Massachusetts
This monument on Breed's Hill proves that one of the most famous battles of the Revolutionary War is misnamed.
Blue Earth, Minnesota
This massive roadside mascot was the first version of the giant to illustrate his butt.
Laramie, Wyoming
The high point on the 16th president's eponymous roadway is marked by a massive version of his head.
Leadville, Colorado
At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.
Buena Vista, Colorado
At the tallest peak in Colorado, an electrifying mix of thin air, lightning, and rivalry.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This bridge was the birthplace of a unit of measurement based on a fraternity joke.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
CaƱon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Bermuda
Storms, funding, and in-fighting have kept this Bermuda church from ever being completed.
Tillamook, Oregon
The largest wooden building in the world now houses a fascinating collection of aircraft.
Spanish Town, British Virgin Islands
This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.
Beatenberg, Switzerland
Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.
Magnetic Island, Australia
After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.
Fraser Island, Australia
WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.
Princetown, Australia
Nine limestone rock stacks on Australia's "Shipwreck Coast."
Port Campbell, Australia
A clear example of the process of erosion in action.
Duranbah, Australia
Giant fruit signaling the entrance to a tropical paradise.
Woombye, Australia
A giant Australian fruit and tropical farm.