Rapid City, South Dakota
Cosmos Mystery Area
A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.
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Rapid City, South Dakota
A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Crater Lake, Oregon
The deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in legends.
Florence, Oregon
Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.
Government Camp, Oregon
You might know it as the Overlook Hotel, but the inside is not going to be familiar.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
McMinnville, Oregon
Home of Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose.
Anaconda, Montana
A smoke stack so large, the Washington Monument could fit inside!
Goldendale, Washington
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
Cottonwood, Idaho
Sweet Willy, at 30 feet tall, is the world's biggest beagle.
Helsinki, Finland
An abstract monument to a symphonic composer.
Prague, Czechia
Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Prague, Czechia
Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.
Vienna, Austria
The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.
Vienna, Austria
The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.