Paris, France
Père Lachaise Cemetery
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
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Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Seattle, Washington
The longest and widest floating bridge in the world.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The home where a lovestruck Fitzgerald wrote his first published novel, "This Side of Paradise."
Clark County, Nevada
Nearly 300,000 acres of wildlife, natural splendor, and a hidden ghost town have been designated a national monument.
Bunkerville, Nevada
Harder layers in colorful sandstone weather out as prominent “fins" and even more intricate and bizarre shapes.
Bunkerville, Nevada
An unexpected sinkhole in a desert flat within Gold Butte National Monument.
Kimberly, Idaho
These falls, sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," still put on a good show at the right time of year.
Burney, California
The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.
Bordighera, Italy
The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.
Holcombe, England
This landmark overlooking Ramsbottom pays homage to Sir Robert Peel, repealer of the Corn Laws.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A former medieval fortress, now home to Edinburgh Napier University, contains a rather risqué work of art.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The world-record holder for the longest bridge stretching continuously over water.
Boulder City, Nevada
An old railroad grade built for the construction of Hoover Dam is now a recreational trail featuring several tunnels and sweeping views of Lake Mead.
Thurmond, West Virginia
Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Battle Creek, Michigan
Dating back to the 1800s, two imposing buildings in Michigan have had countless transformations over the years.
Kapa'a, Hawaii
This narrow coastline trail through the dense Kauai wilderness is among the most beautiful and dangerous in the world.
San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala
For this chef, an active volcano is his oven.
Florence, Oregon
The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.
Portland, Oregon
10,000 flowered plants bloom in the City of Roses.
Portland, Oregon
This sandstone mansion was the home of two of Oregon's most important pioneers.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Yehliu, Taiwan
This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.