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Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.

During World War II, this rice mill became a Nazi concentration camp.

A giant coin serves as a very unusual yet creative monument commemorating one of the most important people in the history of Trieste.

One of the tallest lighthouses in the world also serves as a monument to the fallen of World War I.

A glimpse into the "Logging Capital of the World" at a time when there was far more forest and far less machinery.

This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Paleoamericans built these ancient walls high in the Colorado Rockies as part of an extensive hunting system.

A vibrant colony of rescued wolves and other canids.

Where NASA's satellites and rovers phone home.

This unusually circular centenarian barn became a Route 66 icon.

This lava formation earned its whimsical name from the log-like formation of it stones.

This is the last hand-cranked chain ferry of its kind in operation in the United States.

Washington's top-secret Cold War-era doomsday communications tower is located in a small neighborhood park.

Fans of the spicy bright-red sauce can tour where it's made.

This steamer is known as "The ship that built Cleveland."

Where the embers of the Big Bang were first detected.

The world’s largest combined collection of U.S. and Russian aircraft got its start in a poultry building.

Artifacts of whaling, with both its perils and adventure, are housed in this museum in a former candle factory.

The only surviving prototype of Buckminster Fuller's revolutionary car.

"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"

A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.

The US Navy's only submarine museum is also home to the world's first nuclear submarine.