Wailea-Makena, Hawaii
Kanaio Coast
A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.
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Wailea-Makena, Hawaii
A cooled lava flow from the Haleakalā volcano formed these surreal-looking columnar basalt structures.
Lahaina, Hawaii
Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.
Bristol, Virginia
This restaurant is devoted to celebrating Appalachia's cuisine.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.
Nashville, Tennessee
The small cave that housed Tennessee's "first citizen."
Eureka, Missouri
This wooded grove of beautiful hand-built stone grottos is a hidden gem within a shuttered Franciscan monastery.
Columbia, Missouri
This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.
Bonne Terre, Missouri
The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.
Denver, Colorado
A beautiful combination of living flora with preserved bones covers the shelves of this shop.
Denver, Colorado
This Chinese-style quartz sundial was saved in its final hour.
Denver, Colorado
A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.
Ridgedale, Missouri
If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.
Sanborn, Minnesota
See how Laura Ingalls lived on the Minnesota prairie.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The largest single-building tribal cultural center in the U.S. is an expansive museum in Oklahoma City.
Yemassee, South Carolina
Despite being burnt down multiple times, the ruins of this South Carolina church are still standing.
Mioglia, Italy
Some say this small Italian church holds a gate to Heaven.
Rockford, Michigan
With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.
Marfa, Texas
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Prosser, Washington
The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.
Bruce Crossing, Michigan
A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.
Gurdon, Arkansas
A mysterious light floating in the trees of Arkansas may be a piezoelectric effect.
London, England
These stained-glass windows are all that remains of a building that was the target of one of the biggest explosions in London after World War II.
Georgetown, South Carolina
A haunting—but not haunted—chapel remains in the woods.