Manchester, New Hampshire
Cat Alley
One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.
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Manchester, New Hampshire
One New Hampshire alleyway has become home to a public gallery of feline art.
Silver Spring, Maryland
The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.
Washington, D.C.
A hidden gem on the lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.
Washington, D.C.
Housing the National Women's Party since 1929, this historic house is now a monument to the fight for gender equality.
Arlington, Virginia
At 207 feet, one of the world's longest continuous escalators.
Petersham, Massachusetts
All that remains of this Massachusetts town, demolished in the name of progress, is a stone marker.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
Over 50 whirling pools left behind from the glacial age.
White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky
The world's longest known cave system.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A rare view of a preserved Victorian science museum.
Niagara Falls, New York
Collection of antique science instruments displayed in recreated 1870-1930 laboratories.
Buffalo, New York
The site of William McKinley's tragic assassination is only marked by an underwhelming boulder.
Buffalo, New York
Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
San Pablo Villa de Mitla, Mexico
This beautifully deceptive waterfall is something far different from what it appears to be.
Mexico
A lake at the bottom of the ocean.
Tulum, Mexico
An ancient system of freshwater caves filled with animal bones, including that of species long-extinct.
Chicxulub, Mexico
The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.
Copacabana, Bolivia
Astronomical observatory above Lake Titicaca.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Valladolid, Mexico
If you can look past the nearby sewer pipes, this urban sinkhole grotto is a mini-paradise.