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Cave Entrance

Alice Town, Bahamas

Hatchet Bay Cave

A mile-long, three-tiered cave hidden under a Bahamian island, complete with cathedral-like formations, bat colonies, and graffiti going back to the 1870s.

Wray House at Flamingo Gardens

Davie, Florida

Flamingo Gardens and the Wray House

A time capsule of life in Southern Florida in the 1930s.

Fisher Building, Detroit, MI 8/22/2024

Detroit, Michigan

Fisher Building

It's been called “Detroit’s largest art object.”

Canol Heritage Trail

Northwest Territories

Canol Heritage Trail

An abandoned WWII-era U.S. Army megaproject, turned hiking trail in the remote Canadian subarctic.

Tunnel Entrance

Kelmarsh, England

Kelmarsh Tunnels

its a 480 Meter tunnel on a public bridal way which is currently unlit so take a torch even in the day

League Stadium

Huntingburg, Indiana

League Stadium

A historic small-town ballpark that became the on-screen home of the Rockford Peaches in “A League of Their Own.”

The interior of the Digital Art Gallery in 2026.

Gorizia, Italy

Digital Art Gallery

What was once an ordinary pedestrian tunnel under Gorizia Castle has been transformed into an immersive artistic experience.

U.S. Naval Observatory Library

Washington, D.C.

U.S. Naval Observatory Library

A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.

USNO Master Clock

Washington, D.C.

USNO Master Clock

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

Orangery.

Washington, D.C.

Dumbarton Oaks

The Byzantine, pre-Columbian, and medieval art at this stately mansion are some of the most under-appreciated collections in D.C.

Engraved signatures of all 56 Declaration of Independence Signers.

Washington, D.C.

Signers’ Memorial

Engraved in stone here are the signatures of everyone who signed the Declaration of Independence.

Front of the property

Washington, D.C.

Tudor Place

A historic estate packed with George Washington's heirlooms, and its own nuclear bunker.

The Kreeger Museum

Washington, D.C.

The Kreeger Museum

The legacy of a wealthy executive and his wife, this little-known art museum features works by Picasso, Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, and more.

The project trailer, 1941.

Schoharie, New York

Site of the First Known Free Open-Air Motion Picture Presentation

A tiny village in Upstate New York ushered in the precursor to drive-in movies.

Supposedly a carving of a human face.

Callahuanca, Peru

Marcahuasi Ruins

A mysterious pre-Incan ruin believed to have miraculous healing powers.

San Pedro Cemetery of Ninacaca

Ninacaca, Peru

San Pedro Cemetery of Ninacaca

A colorful Peruvian city of the dead.

Huayllay National Sanctuary

Casma District, Peru

Huayllay National Sanctuary

A remarkable geological formation resembling a forest made of stone.

Cerro Blanco

Nazca, Peru

Cerro Blanco

This unimaginably large pile of sand near Nazca is one of the tallest dunes in the world.

Looking down Cotahuasi Canyon.

Unyun pruwinsya, Peru

Cotahuasi Canyon

With nearly double the depth of the Grand Canyon, this Peruvian canyon is one of the deepest in the world.

A view of the bathing pools.

Lares, Peru

Lares Hot Springs

Bathe in these natural hot springs located high in the Andes Mountains.

The Hokey Pokey.

Chattanooga, Tennessee

North Shore Dance Paving Stones

Follow the steps, and this roadside artwork will teach you how to dance.

Cloudy Forest View

Burnsville, North Carolina

Mount Mitchell

The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.

Trail at Craggy.

Black Mountain, North Carolina

Craggy Gardens Rhododendron Tunnels

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

Looking Glass Rock seen from the Looking Glass Rock Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway

Brevard, North Carolina

Looking Glass Rock

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

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