Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania
Hickory Run Boulder Field
A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.
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Lake Harmony, Pennsylvania
A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.
Roccascalegna, Italy
This precariously perched fortress was once ruled by a crow-worshipping baron.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.
Nairn, Scotland
One of the most spectacular 18th-century bridges in Scotland.
Twentynine Palms, California
This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.
Telise, Estonia
These two strange cones are actually a system of old nautical navigation beacons.
New Bedford, Massachusetts
For 20 years, this whale skeleton has been slowly dripping oil on the floor of the museum where it hangs.
Boston, Massachusetts
19th-century operating theatre in which the use of ether was first demonstrated - plus, a skeleton and a mummy!
Kurilskiy Rayon, Russia
Is it an island or a volcano? That question probably explains why it's uninhabited.
Ashibetsu, Japan
A semi-abandoned replica of Prince Edward Island's Avonlea—in Japan.
Kuril Islands, Russia
Thanks to this small string of islands World War II still hasn't officially ended between Russia and Japan.
Melilla, Spain
A five-square-mile slice of Spain on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.
Sevelen, Switzerland
The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
In one of the world's smallest countries, a royal's personal winery is open to the public.
Friedrichshafen, Germany
Enter the cabin of a life-sized Hindenburg replica.
Centralia, Pennsylvania
A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.
Ashland, Pennsylvania
The only geyser in the state of Pennsylvania is caused by pressure from an abandoned coal mine outside of the ghost town Centralia.
Binghamton, New York
A gazebo that inspired the fifth episode of the "Twilight Zone" still stands in the creator's hometown
Bath and North East Somerset, England
An Iron Age hillfort rooted in Arthurian legend was made famous by musician Peter Gabriel.
Naftah, Tunisia
Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Kilsyth, Scotland
Scotland still bears an enormous scar of its Roman past.
Highlands, New Jersey
Rusting away on the edge of New Jersey are the remains of a Cold War missile launch site.
Granada, Spain
Spanish architects used seized Muslim gravestones to rebuild parts of the fortress.