Pueblo, Colorado
Forgotten Grumman TLRV
A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.
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Pueblo, Colorado
A futuristic hovertrain is parked unceremoniously alongside a nondescript road.
Saint Lunaire-Griquet, Newfoundland and Labrador
An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.
Bolinas, California
This rare example of a "tidefall" is a spectacular drop from the cliffs down onto the beach.
Taos, New Mexico
Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.
Thimphu, Bhutan
Strange, gentle beasts resembling goat-cow hybrids roam within this patch of forest.
Campamento Geotermico Corfo, Chile
The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.
Šibenik, Croatia
Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.
Sur Lípez, Bolivia
A desert that evokes the surreal.
Santiago, Chile
A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.
Bailleau-Armenonville, France
A bike train runs along a disused railway line through the tranquil French countryside.
Truckee, California
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Roudbar Alamout, Iran
This ruined fortress was the stronghold for a persecuted medieval leader and his infamous Assassins.
Edwards Air Force Base, California
These colossal desert barcodes have been fine-tuning spy satellites for decades.
San Francisco, California
A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.
Huara, Chile
One of the largest ancient geoglyphs in the world is a tall desert god used for predicting the weather.
North Chideock, England
These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.
Atsimo-Andrefana, Madagascar
This underwater cave in Madagascar is home to what is thought to be the country's largest fossil graveyard.
Improvement District No. 24, Alberta
The half-mile long structure is so impressive, it even shows up on satellite images.
Nushabad, Iran
A 1,500-year-old, 3-story subterranean city where ancient Persians took refuge in times of war.
Zabid, Yemen
Elaborate patterns adorn the city's disappearing traditional architecture.
Lake Itasca, Minnesota
At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.
Kalsoy, Faroe Islands
This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.
Guiyang, China
It took an artist 20 years to create this sprawling sculpture garden honoring the area's ancient inhabitants.
Spalding, England
"The Donut" was built as part of an expensive, ill-fated engineering endeavor.