Lucerne, Switzerland
Dance of Death Bridge
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
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Lucerne, Switzerland
This historic covered bridge contains a series of macabre paintings that communicate one thing: everyone dies.
Magdalena, New Mexico
A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.
Magdalena, New Mexico
Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.
Allentown, Pennsylvania
A volunteer-run museum showcasing Native American heritage, focusing on Lenape Indians.
Barnegat Light, New Jersey
A granite monument honors a beloved World War II canine mascot.
Stowe, Vermont
A mountain pass used by Prohibition-era bootleggers to facilitate traffic into and out of Canada from Vermont.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Cantwell, Alaska
Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.
Brașov, Romania
A habitable museum, or a time machine into Romania’s Communist era?
San Jose, California
It took years to decode its mysterious messages.
Entebbe, Uganda
An aeronautical-themed resort forged around rusty relics from the golden age of air travel.
Zurich, Switzerland
Ornate lobby of a police station is decorated with colorful murals by Augusto Giacometti.
King Salmon, Alaska
In 1912, this idyllic Alaska landscape was blown apart in the largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century.
Quartzsite, Arizona
The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.
Capalbio, Italy
Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.
Leba, Angola
One of Africa's windiest and most scenic roads is a national symbol of Angola.
Iceland
A black sand beach where glacial fragments wash ashore and look like sparkling diamonds.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
A vertical tube that allows you to see what's going on underneath the Antarctic sea ice.
Cannes, France
A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.
Primm, Nevada
This mostly abandoned shopping outlet is now adorned with beautiful graffiti and murals.
Al Madam, United Arab Emirates
An abandoned desert hamlet swallowed up by sand.
Varley, Australia
A unique memorial to the bunnies who died because of Australia's historic Rabbit Proof Fence.
Hyden, Australia
This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.
Honolulu, Hawaii
On Waikīkī Beach, a monument to four extraordinary individuals of dual male and female spirits who brought the healing arts from Tahiti to Hawai'i.