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Every Saturday morning, this microbakery fills up with freshly baked pastries and sourdough breads.

This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water

The arch marks the beginning of the road for northbound travelers.

The best-preserved Roman site in India.

America's first National Historic Landmark is a 100-foot tall obelisk and gravesite dedicated to the only casualty of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.

This mangled and twisted wreckage left by the side of a Mexican road was no accident, but a planned crash in the name of science and safety.

You can dig up your own crystals in the quartz capital of the world.

This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.

The second-largest natural arch in the Chartreuse Mountains.

The largest single-building tribal cultural center in the U.S. is an expansive museum in Oklahoma City.

The hulking remains of the Leesburg Lime Company Kiln lie dormant behind a historical marker close to the W&OD trail.

An 83-foot tall granite obelisk honors the legacy of Dr. King in the heart of Norfolk's Black community.

A strange Georgian folly sits atop a lonely hill.

This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.

A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.

A boardwalk winds through this sliver of coastal nature hidden within Sydney.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

A boulder so big and tough, they had to turn it into a landmark.

Kansas's Grassroots Art Capital welcomes visitors to Lucas through its very own World's Largest Thing.

A pink sandstone column once used in ancient times to measure one's belly after a night of debauchery.

If you visit the burial place of King Frederick the Great, you'll likely find a couple of potatoes sitting on his tombstone.

The drawbridge used in the filming of the movie 'Annie' has been in the open position as it was in the movie for decades.

Since its original beginnings as a weather observatory mountaintop, this facility played an instrumental role in gathering atmospheric data for almost 100 years.

Like your grandma's attic—if your grandma were a little weirder, extremely well-traveled, and had a great eye for art.