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Adam Kincaid

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I'm lost and hurtling through space at 483,000 mph. Seriously, I have no idea where this is going to end up.

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Exterior of the church.

Athens, Greece

St. Catherine's Greek Orthodox Church

A Byzantine church containing the holy remnants of three saints sits atop the site of an ancient temple.

Tower of the Winds.

Athens, Greece

Tower of the Winds

An ancient octagonal weather station named for the eight Greek gods of wind.

All that remains is the door.

Athens, Greece

Old Madrasa of Athens

The ruined doorway is a portal to the building's turbulent and torturous past.

Buckhorn Exchange

Denver, Colorado

Buckhorn Exchange

Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.

The balcony.

Rome, Italy

Mussolini's Balcony

The spot where the fascist dictator made some of his most famous speeches including declaring war on Britain and France.

Royal Gorge Bridge

Cañon City, Colorado

Royal Gorge Bridge

The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.

Mothers and fawns stroll through the base's historic housing area.

Warren Air Force Base, Wyoming

Pronghorn of F.E. Warren Air Force Base

The same security that protects our nukes accidentally protected a gentle herd of antelope.

The Pirates' House

Savannah, Georgia

The Pirates' House

This kitschy tavern is also home to rare early editions of "Treasure Island."

Doc Holliday's Grave

Glenwood Springs, Colorado

Doc Holliday's Grave

Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.

Church Rock

Monticello, Utah

Church Rock

Oddly shaped rock formation, misassociated with a nearby utopian community.

An aerial view of Upheaval Dome

Moab, Utah

Upheaval Dome

This raised bulls-eye visible from space was the subject of an intense geologic controversy.

Fresh snow accentuates a warm ancient Puebloan city.

Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado

Mesa Verde National Park

The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.

The Mahr Building today.

Telluride, Colorado

Mahr Building

This otherwise unremarkable ski town building marks the site of Butch Cassidy's first robbery.

Ute Council Tree

Delta, Colorado

Ute Council Tree

The giant stump of the once towering cottonwood where Ute people held tribal meetings.

The dragon clinging to the side of the building.

Munich, Germany

Wurmeck

A fearsome dragon clings to a corner of Munich's city hall.

Look for the gnome!

Denver, Colorado

Hidden Elves at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science

A small horde of mythical creatures lurk almost imperceptibly within the museum's wildlife dioramas.

Zero Kilometer Stone

Budapest, Hungary

Zero Kilometer Stone

The geographical center of Budapest is marked with a 10-foot-tall stylized zero.

An aerial view of the rose garden.

Portland, Oregon

International Rose Test Garden

10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.

Voodoo Doughnuts

Portland, Oregon

Voodoo Doughnut and Wedding Chapel

The magic's in the hole!

Mill Ends Park

Portland, Oregon

Mill Ends Park

The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.

Weather Machine

Portland, Oregon

Weather Machine

This public art piece proves that in Portland even reporting the weather is a thing of whimsy.

(Flickr/samgrover)

Portland, Oregon

Portlandia

Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.

The salmon swimming through the building.

Portland, Oregon

Transcendence

A sculpture of a salmon swimming through a brick building.

Magic Sphere of Helios

Athens, Greece

Magic Sphere of Helios

This mystical orb covered in strange symbols is thought to have been used in ancient Greek magical rituals.

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