Tecopa, California
Villa Anita in Death Valley
This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.
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Tecopa, California
This sculpture garden in Death Valley makes you feel like you've slipped into some alternate reality.
Shoshone, California
A unique collection of old miners' cave homes carved in to the hillside cliffs near Death Valley.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.
Pahrump, Nevada
Bringing back the art of handmade custom coffins.
Panamint, California
The location of the last stand of Charles Manson's doomsday cult.
Inyo County, California
This old mining town, deep in the California desert, has a year-round population of one.
Furnace Creek, California
This crumbling Death Valley mining complex was known for its use of giant, 20-mule team wagons.
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
Inyo County, California
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.
Death Valley, California
Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Gothenburg, Sweden
One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.
London, England
The sixth of London's "Magnificent Seven" cemeteries, and a source of unlikely inspiration to Beatrix Potter.
London, England
A bronze bust commemorates the heroism of the secret agents who led covert operations against the Nazis.
London, England
A recently restored substation that dates from 1875.
London, England
The extra platform at Gloucester Road has been used for art displays for over 25 years.
London, England
A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.
London, England
Never actually a tree at all, this spot was the site of London's public hangings for nearly 600 years.
London, England
The television series' iconic giant foot was borrowed from this classical painting.
London, England
These official units of measurement—including chains and perches—lie hidden beneath tourists' feet in a popular London hub.
London, England
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
London, England
The plunge pool is a surviving relic of a rowdy royal residence.