San Diego, California
El Campo Santo Cemetery
This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.
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San Diego, California
This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.
Estes Park, Colorado
An annual festival celebrating Colorado's most famous frozen corpse.
Montrose, Colorado
A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Pagosa Springs, Colorado
No one knows exactly how deep the world’s deepest geothermal hot spring is.
Durango, Colorado
A multicolored mineral mound dribbles piping hot spring water right off the side of a highway.
Durango, Colorado
Sip heritage cider with a surprising backstory at this family-owned cidery.
Durango, Colorado
A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.
Durango, Colorado
A riverside tiny house with books and other treasures galore.
Bande, Spain
In Spain, the ruins of a Roman military camp sit along a flooded section of a river.
Detroit, Michigan
38-story baroque tower reflecting Detroit's rise, fall, and possible rise again.
Detroit, Michigan
To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.
Detroit, Michigan
This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.
Detroit, Michigan
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.
Buford, Wyoming
A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.
Fort Collins, Colorado
Built in 1981 in collaboration with Andy Warhol, this giant piece of pop art stands on the campus of Colorado State University.
Braga, Portugal
A stunning 18th-century site where pilgrims ascend by a series of punishing stairs only to return via funicular.
São Bento do Canto, Portugal
This chapel is the site of a yearly pilgrimage that originated during the Middle Ages.
Portugal
A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.
Lindoso, Portugal
These narrow stone granaries have been used to store and dry out grain for hundreds of years.
Portugal
A cluster of granite granaries perched on stilts.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.
Syracuse, Utah
The largest island on the great salt lake is home to curious creatures and strange stories.