Madison, Wisconsin
Lost City Forest
The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.
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Madison, Wisconsin
The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.
Hinckley, Ohio
Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.
Cushamen, Argentina
With the Wild Bunch hunted almost to extinction and the law closing in on him, Butch Cassidy fled to this remote cabin in Argentina.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.
Garretson, South Dakota
The ravine where Jesse James supposedly performed an impossible jump to evade capture.
Panguitch, Utah
Local lore holds that Butch Cassidy took an escape route through Red Canyon's sandstone hoodoos after an attempted murder.
Panguitch, Utah
The notorious Wild West outlaw was raised in this unassuming abode.
Namibia
Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.
Blåvand, Denmark
These old World War II fortifications have been transformed into an unusual equine attraction.
Falkland Islands
This remote stretch of sand is a penguin lover's paradise.
Waterloo, England
Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.
Kilbrittain, Ireland
The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.
Reykjavik, Iceland
The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.
St. Augustine, Florida
The graves in Florida's oldest Black cemeteries are marked with shells, stones, and mementos of the deceased.
Richmond, Virginia
This labyrinthine resting place of Black American leaders has been reclaimed by nature.
West Nyack, New York
A historic Black graveyard hidden in the parking lot of one of America's largest malls.
Ichikawa, Japan
Nestled in an unassuming residential area, this "forbidden forest" is rumored to spirit away those who dare enter it.
Little Dunmow, England
It's believed Matilda Fitzwalter's life was the basis for the famed literary figure.
Isle of Wight, England
This lighthouse was crafted as penitence for the theft of wine bound for a monastery.
Blythburgh, England
A legendary ghostly hound supposedly left dark marks on a place of worship.
Flagstaff, Arizona
A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.
Nixon, Nevada
This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.
Monticello, Utah
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
Reading, Pennsylvania
This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.