Portbou, Spain
Walter Benjamin Memorial
Haunting monument to the German Jewish philosopher who died while fleeing fascism.
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Portbou, Spain
Haunting monument to the German Jewish philosopher who died while fleeing fascism.
Socorro, New Mexico
A warm desert spring holds one of the rarest species on earth.
Rockford, Michigan
With over 5,000 champions, the Hall of Fame continues to draw amateur eaters.
Espoo, Finland
Finnish lake, and scene of an infamous murder mystery.
Casper, Wyoming
Devilish landscape, once cinema home to giant alien bugs, now derelict roadside attraction.
Chicago, Illinois
A Bibliophile's Dream.
Paris, France
Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.
Antarctica
Largest sub-glacial lake ever discovered.
Howes Cave, New York
Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?
Natural Bridge, Virginia
A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
One of the first sewers in the Americas.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
Field, British Columbia
Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!
Hòa Thắng, Vietnam
A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.
Tampa, Florida
Like Mardi Gras, only everyone's a pirate.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.
Manu, Peru
Mysterious "dots" seen from a satellite in southeast Peru.
Peru
An abandoned Incan construction project left behind a mysterious "doorway."
Spiro, Oklahoma
Where hills of dirt conceal the burial ground of one of the most powerful ancient Native American societies.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.
Kaali, Estonia
Mysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cult.
Bridgeport, California
Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.