Wągrowiec, Poland
The Wagrowiec Bifurcation
One of only two places in the world where two rivers cross each other without the waters mixing.
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Wągrowiec, Poland
One of only two places in the world where two rivers cross each other without the waters mixing.
San Bernardino County, California
This dormant volcanic crater has been converted from a roiling pit of magma to a pleasant hiking spot.
Amboy, California
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Ludlow, California
One of the ghostly stops along Route 66.
Rosamond, California
Exotic feline breeding compound and conservation center.
Edwards Air Force Base, California
Etched into a dry lake bed, this massive directional indicator is accurate without magnets.
Barstow, California
Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.
San Bernardino County, California
The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.
San Bernardino County, California
A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.
Saryazd, Iran
This ancient fortress in Iran was once the oldest and largest treasury in the world.
Bucksport, Maine
A restored historic movie theater is the perfect place for a regional film archive.
Ojika-chō, Japan
A deserted island in southwest Japan that once sheltered persecuted Christians.
Somerset, Ohio
The nearly 200-year-old building displays a perplexing grammatical error.
Killarney, Ontario
A long-abandoned provincial prison left to crumble in the frigid air of Ontario.
Palmerston North, New Zealand
A New Zealand rubbish dump named after British comedian John Cleese.
Marco Island, Florida
Decorative shell walls built in the 1940s sit atop an ancient midden created by the Calusa Native Americans.
Ischia, Italy
Deceased nuns were placed on stone chairs to decompose, while the surviving nuns prayed near the lifeless bodies.
Spijkenisse, Netherlands
Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
This isolated outpost was once the only place to cross the Colorado River for hundreds of miles.
Sossusvlei, Namibia
This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.
Namibia
A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.
Namibia
Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.
Musteika, Lithuania
A tiny traditional village keeps an ancient method of beekeeping alive.
Crécy-la-Chapelle, France
This professional clown's home is an outsider art wonderland.