Ironton, Missouri
Taum Sauk Mountain
In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.
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Ironton, Missouri
In the St. Francois Mountains in the Ozarks at 1,772 feet above sea level, Taum Sauk Mountain is the highest (and possibly oldest) peak in Missouri.
Omaha, Nebraska
An Englishman loses his scalp to a Cheyenne warrior and lives to donate it to a library.
Boys Town, Nebraska
An idle pastime becomes a record holder in Boys Town, Nebraska.
Lincoln, Nebraska
An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.
Lincoln, Nebraska
The largest collection of historical roller skates in the world.
Habib, Oman
An abandoned mountain village in Habib surrounded by walnut, apricot, and pomegranate trees.
Somalia
The world's largest bioluminescent area was undiscovered by science until 2005.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This large copper bolt represents the benchmark for measuring sea levels in most of Europe.
Peru
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
Nixon, Nevada
This dry lake bed contains the oldest known petroglyphs in North America.
Antarctica
Scientists use one of the saltiest bodies of water on Earth as a terrestrial base for studying water on Mars.
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
These hooded graves are the only of their kind in the United States.
Morrisville, North Carolina
Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.
Kykotsmovi Village, Arizona
This reclusive Hopi village in Arizona has been continuously populated longer than anywhere else in America.
Keams Canyon, Arizona
More than 300 years ago, a revolt at this Hopi pueblo shaped the future of the American Southwest.
Kayenta, Arizona
Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.
Sakskobing, Denmark
It might look like just a pile of sticks—because it is. But there's a dark history to how this stack got its start.
Akna, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijani ghost town, decaying after a war left it an armed forces buffer zone.
Polotsk, Belarus
A monument in the Belarusian city of Polotsk claims to mark the exact midpoint of the European continent.
Giessen, Germany
An homage to the humble watering can.
Evergreen, Colorado
The highest paved road in North America winds its way up Mount Blue Sky in Colorado to an altitude of 14,130 feet above sea level.
Silver Plume, Colorado
The remnants of a 1970 plane crash remain high in the Rocky Mountains.
Leadville, Colorado
At one time this small mining village was the highest town in America but now it sits abandoned while the mine churns on.
Parachute, Colorado
The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.