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The refuge at Chacaltaya, home to the world's highest restaurant.

Milluni, Bolivia

Abandoned Chacaltaya Ski Resort

The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.

The park officially opened with a lighting ceremony on May 9, 2025.

St. Robert, Missouri

Route 66 Neon Park

Vintage neon signs illuminate highway history.

Sponsored By Visit Missouri
Glacial Grooves

Kelleys Island, Ohio

Kelley's Island Glacial Grooves

Deep scars on the earth left by the Ice Age.

The grave of Hector Boiardi aka Chef Boyardee.

Chardon, Ohio

The Grave of Chef Boyardee

Pay your respects at the final resting place of the man behind one of the best-known names in food.

‘A Christmas Story’ House and Museum

Cleveland, Ohio

‘A Christmas Story’ House and Museum

The home made famous by the 1983 holiday classic is now a perfectly preserved shrine to the movie.

The Baths

Spanish Town, British Virgin Islands

The Baths

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.

Many of the structures of the ship, like the foremast, are still intact.

Salt Island, British Virgin Islands

RMS Rhone Wreck

A 19th-century shipwreck turned thriving coral reef.

Callwood Rum Distillery

Cane Garden Bay, British Virgin Islands

Callwood Rum Distillery

The oldest operating distillery in the BVI.

Inside the bunker during construction.

Wilson, Kansas

Atlas Ad Astra Adventure Resort

Discover the story of a man, a dog, and a plan to turn a decommissioned Atlas F Missile Base into an underground resort.

Puffins on Heimaey.

Heimaey, Iceland

World's Largest Puffin Colony

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.

The Oldest Fence in New York

New York, New York

The Oldest Fence in New York

Built hundreds of years ago this downtown iron barrier once protected a much despised king.

Marie's Crisis

New York, New York

Marie's Crisis

Those belting out show tunes in this West Village piano bar might not realize it marks the site where Thomas Paine died in 1809.

Three different varieties of noodles from Wing Heung.

New York, New York

Wing Heung Noodle Co.

Home to some of the last true noodle artisans in New York.

Russian and Turkish Baths Cafe

New York, New York

Russian and Turkish Baths Cafe

Have a steam and some blini at this cafe in a century-old bathhouse.

Lower East Side Toy Company (The Back Room)

New York, New York

Lower East Side Toy Company (The Back Room)

Become a prohibition rebel.

The store responsible for Broome Street's title

New York, New York

284 Broome Street

The competition: breathe deeply as long as you can.

A traditional Kuih Set

New York, New York

Kuih Café

All of the Malaysian sweets at this shop are made daily with a whole lot of love.

Netherbow Gatehouse.

Edinburgh, Scotland

Luckenbooths

Brass bricks outline the locations of Edinburgh's lost, lively market stalls.

Beheading Stone.

Stirling, Scotland

Beheading Stone

Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.

The head of Diogo Alves

Lisbon, Portugal

Preserved Head of Diogo Alves

An early Portuguese serial killer's head is alarmingly well preserved in a jar at the University of Lisbon.

Kamiiso no Torii gate at Ōarai Isosaki Jinja shrine

Oarai, Japan

Kamiiso no Torii

A lone torii arch stands on a coastal rock where a deity is said to have landed.

Iron rails from the Incline Plane lay discarded, slowly sinking into the earth.

Washington, D.C.

C&O Boat Elevator Ruins

This forgotten boat elevator was an engineering marvel in its heyday.

Quebec 01 Missile Alert Facility

Cheyenne, Wyoming

Quebec 01 Missile Alert Facility

The only retired U.S. nuclear missile silo that is open to the public.

The mangled wreckage sat by Highway 5

Mexicali, Mexico

Boeing 727 Crash Experiment

This mangled and twisted wreckage left by the side of a Mexican road was no accident, but a planned crash in the name of science and safety.

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