Frederick, Maryland
Jug Bridge Monument
Rumors persist that a bottle of whiskey is sealed within this Demijohn-shaped adornment.
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Frederick, Maryland
Rumors persist that a bottle of whiskey is sealed within this Demijohn-shaped adornment.
Villaseca, Chile
At this desert restaurant, meals are cooked in solar ovens.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
When life gave this firefighter a forest fire, he made a rough-hewn sculpture park using a chainsaw.
Bena, Minnesota
An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.
Myers Flat, California
A vaudeville performer mounted this hollowed-out redwood log onto the chassis of a truck, and toured the country spreading a message of conservation.
Sierra City, California
A fire lookout atop a glacial pinnacle is reached by climbing three vertiginous flights of stairs.
Melbourne, Australia
Featuring Torres Strait Islander cuisine and Australia's first indigenous bar.
Greenville, Mississippi
One of the best-preserved Native American mounds remaining in the southern United States.
Manaus, Brazil
The only restaurant serving indigenous foods from the Amazon.
Gerlach, Nevada
A little-known occurrence of fossil wood in northern Washoe County, Nevada, near the Black Rock Desert.
Hong Kong
A half-century-old handmade dim sum joint opens daily at 3:00 a.m.
Warrior, Alabama
In Rickwood Caverns, visitors can travel hundreds of feet underground and see beautiful formations unique to the region.
Camp Sherman, Oregon
Approximately 50,000 gallons of water gush from these springs, creating the Metolius River.
Wetumpka, Alabama
One of almost 200 confirmed impact craters in the entire world, untouched for tens of millions of years.
Frisco, Utah
Only ruined buildings and abandoned charcoal kilns remain of this once bustling Wild West boom town.
Valentine Plains, Australia
For nearly 50 years this airplane that crashed during World War II remained missing in the remote Australian backcountry.
Nienhagen, Germany
Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.
Pluckley, England
A woodland close to England's "most haunted village" has been the site of many unexplained events and deaths.
Holly Grove, Arkansas
A short boardwalk through a swamp leads to the spot from which the Louisiana Purchase was surveyed.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
This impressive midden of scallop shells apparently all comes from a single fishing company.
Anenecuilco, Mexico
The ruins of the humble house of one of Mexico's most iconic revolutionaries.
Childersburg, Alabama
Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.
Seattle, Washington
This contemporary art museum is filled with other, smaller museums, which feature work from artists primarily in the Pacific Northwest.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The dishes at this restaurant by The Sioux Chef celebrate indigenous heritage.