West Wendover, Nevada
Window Rock
A large wave-cut arch in limestone, carved by Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, is perched atop a ridge.
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West Wendover, Nevada
A large wave-cut arch in limestone, carved by Pleistocene Lake Bonneville, is perched atop a ridge.
Fife, Scotland
This 80-foot towering concrete structure, complete with wheel, remains a stark reminder of the coal mining that took place here between 1904 and 1966.
Detroit, Michigan
It's an incredibly beautiful city public space, with spacious rooms to study and admire the artwork.
Trieste, Italy
A giant coin serves as a very unusual yet creative monument commemorating one of the most important people in the history of Trieste.
Chicago, Illinois
The buildings around this DePaul University statue create an echo chamber for those standing in the center of the circle.
Lund, Sweden
The technology company Ericsson erected a real rune stone to mark the birthplace of the wireless technology.
Durham, England
A statue dedicated to the story behind the founded of the city.
Sidney, Nebraska
A tribute to the riders who bridged East and West.
Les Eyzies, France
Among Europe’s most spectacular Ice Age painted caves still accessible today.
Manila, Philippines
A rare surviving stone building from the Spanish colonial era.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Fully ignoring any conventions of fine dining, chef Peter Vazquez turns out some of the best meals in the city in takeaway containers.
Kathmandu, Nepal
The courtyard of this palace was the site of the worst slaughter of sitting royals in recorded history.
Odawara, Japan
Dedicated to the history and culture of Japanese fishcake, this museum invites you to take part in its kamaboko-making workshop.
Staré Město, Czechia
Hundreds of "animals" created from scrap metal, alongside a collection of other oddities.
Glamis, California
This vast and otherworldly landscape is one of the largest dune complexes in North America.
Eglinton, Scotland
The ruins of a once-grand castle that played host to a tournament with 100,000 attendees.
Portsmouth, Virginia
Dedicated to a veritable Houdini among P.O.W.s who escaped imprisonment on five separate occasions.
Windsor, Connecticut
Decades before the Salem Witch Trials, two Connecticut women were executed for alleged witchcraft.
Oak Ridge, New Jersey
This stone bridge is all that remains of a submerged New Jersey town.
Dunfermline, Scotland
The remains of "the Pearl of Scotland" can be found inside this church.
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
It's been nearly a century since this volcano, the tallest mountain in Equatorial Guinea, erupted.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
This iconic Lancaster everyman has been reading the same story since 1980.
Achmelvich, Scotland
Believed to be the smallest castle in Europe.
Milan, Italy
Long-abandoned art nouveau baths beneath Milan's Piazza Oberdan.