Carlsbad, New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
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Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
San Francisco, California
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
Kyoto, Japan
This 700-year-old street food market features baby octopus and soy donuts.
Iceland
This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.
Chicago, Illinois
A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.
Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Hamragarðar, Iceland
This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.
Berlin, Germany
The largest free-standing aquarium in the world resides in a hotel lobby in Berlin.
Yoro, Japan
Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.
Cougar, Washington
The longest continuous lava tube in the continental U.S. offers 2.5 miles of dark explorations for the adventurous.
Chiefland, Florida
A much more welcome kind of snowbird vacationer, manatees camp out in these springs every winter.
Boston, Massachusetts
This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.
Nara, Japan
This massive wooden building contains a giant Buddha, healing pillars, and tame deer wandering the grounds.
Yakushima, Japan
The magical, mossy forest that inspired 'Princess Mononoke.'
Washington, D.C.
Franciscan monks created a facsimile of the Holy Land for North Americans who couldn’t afford the trip overseas.
Phoenix, Arizona
A self-built castle made by a mysterious man.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Denver, Colorado
A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.
Put-in-Bay, Ohio
Take a drunken tour inside the world's largest known geode.
San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
Farmington, New Mexico
Seemingly grown on some other world, these New Mexico rock formations look like a disused science fiction set.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.