Washington, D.C.
Waldseemüller’s 1507 World Map
This groundbreaking 16th-century map is known as "America's birth certificate."
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Washington, D.C.
This groundbreaking 16th-century map is known as "America's birth certificate."
Toronto, Ontario
Smallest house in Toronto sits on a lot meant to be just wide enough for cars to drive through.
Ballymoney, Northern Ireland
The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.
Hinckley, Ohio
Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.
Nevada
A large wave-cut shelter, a major archeological site, overlooks the dry basin of Winnemucca Lake.
Naturita, Colorado
Stay in a luxury cabin or refurbished Airstream in this former mining camp-turned-retreat.
St. Petersburg, Florida
You’ll feel like you’ve gone through the looking glass at this contemporary art museum filled with glass sculptures of every size, shape, and color.
St. Petersburg, Florida
The first custom-designed building to showcase the works of Dale Chihuly is a wonderland of glass and light.
Menzel Jemil, Tunisia
An eerie ship cemetery with gunfire as a soundtrack.
Milford, New Hampshire
A New Hampshire grave with a grudge.
New Smyrna Beach, Florida
In this small strip mall resides the largest collection of original art from the famed TV artist.
Hot Springs, North Carolina
An idyllic mineral hot springs facility with a more-than checkered past.
Bloomingdale, Indiana
The overgrown remains of one of the premier auto-racing speedways in the Midwest—and also one of the most deadly.
Truckee, California
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Detroit, Michigan
Over a thousand feet beneath the Detroit streets is a subterranean metropolis few are allowed to enter.
Helsingør, Denmark
Just off the city’s central station hides a quaint lamp-lit alley into medieval Elsinore.
Bordighera, Italy
The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.
Bucharest, Romania
This sculpture used famed boxer Joe Louis as the inspiration behind its body.
Albany, Georgia
The ruins of a resort and casino sit on the banks of this blue hole spring that pumps 70,000 gallons of warm, clear water every minute.
Aswan, Egypt
This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.
Zug, Switzerland
Walk down these stairs to get an underwater view of Switzerland's Lake Zug.
Meritxell, Andorra
A beautiful modern church dedicated to the teleporting patron saint of Andorra.
Alpine, Texas
A group of college students hauled a desk up a mountain more than 40 years ago. The notebooks inside have become a makeshift time capsule.
Salisbury, England
A doorless and windowless folly in England that evokes curiosity over its mysterious origins.