Rivière-Koksoak, Québec
Pingualuit Crater Lake
A lake in the middle of the tundra of Quebec is said to be the purest freshwater lake on Earth.
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Rivière-Koksoak, Québec
A lake in the middle of the tundra of Quebec is said to be the purest freshwater lake on Earth.
Namibia
Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.
Dochula, Bhutan
The small sanctuaries lie just off the beaten path near one of Bhutan's most famous attractions.
Nueva Gerona, Cuba
A series of five defunct panopticon prisons in Cuba.
Somalia
The world's largest bioluminescent area was undiscovered by science until 2005.
Zhanaarka District, Kazakhstan
The remains of a monument in the remote Kazakhstani desert dedicated to the only men to die in outer space, the crew of the Soyuz 11 rocket.
Hegra, Saudi Arabia
An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.
Andros, Greece
Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.
Chios, Greece
Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.
East Jerusalem, Israel
A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.
Wilmington, Delaware
Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This forgotten building was one of the few Philadelphia-area breweries to survive Prohibition.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.
Yeadon, Pennsylvania
America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.
Bensalem, Pennsylvania
A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.
Venezuela
This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.
Flourtown, Pennsylvania
This hidden gem of a garden has one of the only surviving Victorian ferneries in America.
Essington, Pennsylvania
North America's oldest quarantine facility was built in response to Philadelphia's 1793 yellow fever outbreak.
Oakland, New Jersey
The remains of a century-old mansion that met a fiery demise years after it was deserted.
Egg Harbor City, New Jersey
This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.
Orrville, Alabama
This ghost town houses the remains of Alabama's old state capital.
Campbell, Ohio
There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.
Central Aguirre, Puerto Rico
This nearly abandoned "company town" is a ghost of Puerto Rico's once-lucrative sugar industry.
Tramonti di sotto, Italy
This overgrown mountain village has been abandoned for nearly a century.