Amman, Jordan
The Duke's Diwan
One man's labor of love, Amman's oldest home has become a time capsule with its doors permanently open to artists and guests.
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Amman, Jordan
One man's labor of love, Amman's oldest home has become a time capsule with its doors permanently open to artists and guests.
Saudi Arabia
This giant volcanic crater holds its very own field of salt.
Sanford, North Carolina
An eerily abandoned stone tower is all that remains of a demolished dam on Cape Fear River.
Qaqortoq, Greenland
No longer the only, but definitely the oldest, fountain in Greenland.
Khewra, Pakistan
The world's second largest salt mine, said to have been discovered by Alexander the Great's horse.
Garden Grove, California
Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.
New York, New York
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
Duisburg, Germany
This former steel and coal plant is now a neon-lit industrial fantasia.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.
Forsby, Sweden
The remnants of a record-setting industrial bucket system can still be found dotting the Swedish countryside.
Fiorano modenese, Italy
Italy's curious field of mud volcanoes is named for being both gross AND salty.
Uxbridge, England
Visit the WWII bunker where the British won the battle for the skies.
Wellington Mill, Australia
Thousands of lawn gnomes have infested this Australian roundabout.
Elma, Washington
From overly ambitious (and eventually abandoned) atomic dream to bustling office park.
Leiden, Netherlands
Tucked away in the Leiden city hall are a group of works by famed artist MC Escher.
Phoenix, Arizona
A museum and tribute to a brave profession.
Goodyear, Arizona
This abandoned horse racing track was an exercise in hubris from its inception.
Phoenix, Arizona
A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.
Mayer, Arizona
An urban laboratory.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Jerome, Arizona
On the outskirts of a reborn ghost town, a decaying post office remembers the bad old days.
Tiptonville, Kentucky
Kentucky's anomalous peninsula projecting into the Mississippi River, site of legendary earthquakes and local feuds.
Afton, Wyoming
A miraculous natural phenomenon known as "the spring that breathes."
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
The world's first commercial spaceport is a disappointment of cosmic proportions.