Alaska
Eldred Rock Lighthouse
The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.
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Alaska
The oldest original lighthouse in Alaska that was born out of a tragic shipwreck.
Crescent City, California
This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.
Mykines, Faroe Islands
This isolated and westernmost point of the Faroe Islands archipelago is home to thousands of seabirds.
Hudson, New York
A small Second Empire-style building is one of only seven remaining lighthouses on the Hudson River.
Cape Anguille, Newfoundland and Labrador
This lighthouse sits within a glacial valley.
Isle of Anglesey, Wales
The lighthouse is on a island which is connected to another island, which is connected to another island, which is connected to one of the largest islands in the world.
County Donegal, Ireland
Ireland's most northerly island is hauntingly beautiful. Its lighthouse was the last glimpse of home for many Irish emigrants bound for the U.S.
Rose Blanche-Harbour le Cou, Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland's last remaining granite lighthouse.
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
Gustave Eiffel's masterpiece until the Eiffel Tower was built.
Yerevan, Armenia
This museum holds the most comprehensive collection of Armenian art in the world.
Washington, Wisconsin
A remote island marking the entrance to Death’s Door, surrounded by the bones of ships who failed to heed her warnings.
Faroe Islands
The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.
Menchum, Cameroon
Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.
Italy
According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.
Middlemarch, New Zealand
New Zealand's only inland salt lake goes through a constant cycle of filling, evaporating, and refilling.
Milarrochy, Scotland
A single oak tree rises out of the waters of Loch Lomond.
Saint-Léonard, Switzerland
The largest underground lake in Europe.
Laguna Diamante, Argentina
A toxic lake near a volcanic caldera that is home to flamingos and other life.
Manipur, India
The largest freshwater lake in northeast India is also the only floating national park in the world.
Creswell, North Carolina
This lake—the second largest in the state— was hiding historic treasures beneath its surface.
Cotonou, Benin
Africa's Venice on stilts.
Clifton, Australia
An impressive site containing some of the earth’s rarest living fossils.
Alxa, China
No one is exactly sure why over a hundred lakes have formed amongst the tallest sand dunes on Earth.