Seattle, Washington
Chinese Community Bulletin Board
In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.
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Seattle, Washington
In the absence of a Chinese-language newspaper, for years the community posted daily updates on this simple bulletin board.
Seattle, Washington
The city's oldest Chinese restaurant offers local history and seriously good food.
Seattle, Washington
Though strikingly beautiful, Seattle's other railway station is now largely forgotten.
Seattle, Washington
The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.
Bartlett, New Hampshire
An old locomotive hides deep in the forest.
Adams, Massachusetts
Inspiring Herman Melville and Henry David Thoreau, Mount Greylock in western Massachusetts is the highest point in the state at 3,491 feet above sea level.
Roslyn, Washington
Its 27 graveyards represent the many nationalities and ethnic groups that voyaged to this wilderness in the late 19th century.
North Bend, Washington
This long, dark tunnel is open to hikers, but those without lights are known to get confused even on the straight path.
North Bend, Washington
A short hike into the mountainside forest reveals a decaying 1890s town.
Carroll, New Hampshire
A beautiful Gilded Age hotel in the White Mountains with surprising diplomatic history.
Jackson, New Hampshire
The highest point in the state of New Hampshire, and while unlikely "the worst weather in the world," it sure seems that way to hikers.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
The imprints of astronaut Charles Duke’s moon boots live on at Myrtle Beach’s official South Carolina Hall of Fame.
Flagstaff, Arizona
An artificial crater field that trained astronauts for lunar exploration.
Haixi, China
Are these prehistoric metal pipes evidence of alien plumbers? Nope, but they are amazing nonetheless.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Iceland
In Northeastern Iceland lies something of an oxymoron: a steaming desert.
Inuvik, Unorganized, Northwest Territories
These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.
Qobustan, Azerbaijan
Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.
Afar Zone 2, Ethiopia
Ethiopia's "smoking mountain" is in one of the hottest regions on the planet and is home to two lava lakes.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Mount Nyiragongo has erupted at least 34 times since 1882 and is home to the world's largest lava lake.
Antarctica
Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.
Hamelin Pool, Australia
Living fossils in this remote Australian bay provide a glimpse of what Earth may have looked like 3.5 billion years ago.
Washington, D.C.
Four bald cypress trees in Lafayette Square, across from the White House, mark the southern edge of a 100,000 year old cypress swamp.
Bonnieux, France
From carts to cars, this leftover Roman bridge in France has managed to survive for centuries.