Afton, Wyoming
Intermittent Spring
A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."
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Afton, Wyoming
A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."
Salt Lake City, Utah
This museum remembers the tough Mormon trek across America through an intriguing array of artifacts.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Pyramid home to an obscure religious group that practices modern mummification.
Syracuse, Utah
The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.
Wilmington, Illinois
This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.
Gardner, Illinois
This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.
Wilmington, Illinois
On the site of a former Army ammunition plant, bison now roam a restored sea of grass.
Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
The largest collection of Frazetta originals in the world.
Swiftwater, Pennsylvania
A candle shop hiding a haunted basement once used as a monkey research lab.
Ennenda, Switzerland
The last woman executed for witchcraft in Europe is remembered in this Swiss museum.
Naters, Switzerland
This ossuary is more than five centuries old and is heralded as one of the finest in Switzerland.
Lanzo D'intelvi, Italy
The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.
Canneto sull'Oglio, Italy
Photographs of the faces of the town's dead cover the walls of this small Italian church.
Vagli Sopra, Italy
This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.
Monteleone Sabino, Italy
This Romanesque church is built over the tomb of a martyr who legend says defeated a dragon.
Genzano di Lucania, Italy
Its look is severe, but its location, isolated on a hill in the middle of the countryside, is particularly scenic.
Matera, Italy
Skulls and skeletons are omnipresent in this church dedicated to souls trapped in purgatory.
Sannicola, Italy
This 10th-century seaside abbey holds spectacular views and a window into the past.
Calatafimi, Italy
This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.
Alghero, Italy
Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.
Sollacaro, France
This Corsican Neolithic site is full of pre-Roman megalithic structures that may or may not be penises.
Rocca di Papa, Italy
This ancient trail climbs the mountain where a Latin League cult worshipped Jupiter, its main deity.
Mount Tremper, New York
The world's largest kaleidoscope, designed by a 1960s psychedelic artist.