Camdenton, Missouri
Ha Ha Tonka Castle Ruins
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
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Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Fairmont City, Illinois
Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
East St. Louis, Illinois
Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
After Christopher Columbus died, his son built a fancy house to rule from.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
The first hospital in the New World.
Decatur, Georgia
A late-night restaurant empire was launched from this humble storefront.
Granada, Spain
Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
Denver, Colorado
Overlooking the Colorado Convention Center is this giant sculpture made from thousands of triangles.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Halchita, Utah
The location where the iconic movie character declared it was time to go home.
Monticello, Utah
One of the world’s largest collections of petroglyphs records 2,000 years of human activity.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Kensington, Maryland
The tallest The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints temple in the world soars above the Beltway.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.
Columbia, Maryland
A local farm's collection of unusual structures from a now defunct storybook amusement park.
Baltimore, Maryland
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
Masada, Israel
This daunting 1st century fortress was purportedly the site of one of the most dramatic revolts of the Jewish-Roman wars.
Barcelona, Spain
Mountain where Jesus was first tempted by the Devil.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Barcelona, Spain
This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.