Penrose, Colorado
Phantom Canyon Road
The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.
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Penrose, Colorado
The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.
Tarsdorf, Austria
English-speaking soldiers discovered Europe's best one-liner at the end of World War II, before the town’s name changed.
Alexandria, Virginia
This twice-relocated "Usonian" home is among the smallest built by master architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
Helmond, Netherlands
An interactive museum dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the home computer.
Hveragerði, Iceland
The Hveragerði fissure runs through this unassuming shopping center.
Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
A reconstructed World War I-era communications array that was once hidden in plain sight.
Dunedin, New Zealand
Running since 1864, this clock has yet to be wound, one of the longest-running science experiments known.
Qatar
Four steel monoliths stand in the Qatari desert, in a breathtaking work of large-scale art by Richard Serra.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
A storefront museum in Asbury Park honoring the Jersey Shore’s deep history of mystery—including the Jersey Devil.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
This dam in the woods, built by Henry Ford with only manpower and oxen, holds no water and serves no purpose.
Preston, England
Everyone's favorite clay duo immortalized in bronze.
Leuven, Belgium
A small statue commemorates a centuries-old event that still hangs over the people of Leuven.
Pineville, North Carolina
These cabins mark the site where our 11th president was born (probably).
Lorton, Virginia
The first national memorial to honor all women suffragists stands on land where suffragists were once imprisoned.
Hallandale Beach, Florida
The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.
Asheville, North Carolina
Classy up your Big Mac with bow-tied servers and chandeliers at the world's fanciest McDonald's.
Istanbul, Turkey
A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.
Raschala, Austria
A monument marks the site where the famed composer stopped to relieve himself on a long journey. Just one problem: Mozart never went to Raschala.
Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
Not many houses move across borders, this one did it twice.
Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.
Wageningen, Netherlands
A Dutch museum preserves the world's most diverse collection of vertical slices of soil.
Winslow, Arizona
A working cattle ranch with remarkably well-preserved prehistoric petroglyphs and ancient ruins.
Inyo County, California
A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.
Flagstaff, Arizona
A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.