Meybod, Iran
Yakhchāls
Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.
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Meybod, Iran
Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.
Rere, New Zealand
Nature's slip and slide.
Heligoland, Germany
This strategic isle was once swapped between empires and almost entirely destroyed in a bomb explosion.
Los Angeles, California
Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension.
Spalding, England
"The Donut" was built as part of an expensive, ill-fated engineering endeavor.
Masada, Israel
This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
Saint-Rivoal, France
An isolated 17th-century chapel on a remarkable site once dedicated to Celtic sun worship.
Talala, Oklahoma
A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.
Rockville, Maryland
The shelves in the back of this thrift store are devoted to saving, not selling, retro tech.
San Francisco, California
With the touch of a button, you can read a randomly selected short story.
Sheffield, Massachusetts
The site of the first "historically true" UFO encounter in the U.S.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.
Norfolk, Virginia
A cement mixer-turned-kaleidoscope in downtown Norfolk offers different views of the city.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930.
Orem, Utah
An absolutely beautiful 200-foot stained glass installation traces the evolution of knowledge.
Southend-on-Sea, England
A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.
Dumfries, Scotland
An Anglo-Saxon cross inscribed with possibly the oldest written work of English literature.
Hull, England
This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.
South Harting, England
This ruined folly was originally built to honor a failed American state that would have become "Westsylvania."
Stilton, England
Competitors race wooden replicas of pungent blue cheese.
Gainford, England
This hidden natural fountain issues forth a steady supply of supposedly healing water that tastes like rotten eggs.
Dulverton, England
This ancient bridge made of stone slabs is said to be reserved for the devil to sunbathe.
West Malling, England
A Neolithic burial site built 1,000 years before Stonehenge.