Mounana, Gabon
Oklo Reactor
The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Mounana, Gabon
The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.
Keystone, South Dakota
Hidden behind Lincoln's head is a chamber containing enamel plates documenting American history, sealed in a teakwood box in a titanium vault.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The gilded, masterful astronomical clock will calculate time, dates, and planetary positions for thousands of years to come.
Halberstadt, Germany
Constantly maintained, this organ is playing a six-century long composition by John Cage.
Oslo, Norway
One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.
San Francisco, California
A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.
Svalbard, Norway
This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.
London, England
A clock designed to run with perfect accuracy for 10,000 years.
Lisbon, Portugal
Ring the bell to enter a bar that looks equal parts museum and old curiosity shop.
Sea Ranch, California
This whimsical seashell-shaped place of worship was designed to blend into its surroundings.
Vignale Monferrato, Italy
The Serpentello House is a true work of art, with a unique façade and decorations made of individually handcrafted ceramic tiles created by the owner, making it a truly unforgettable place.
Los Angeles, California
This gray utility box is not full of wires; it is a tiny, operational theater hiding on a Downtown Los Angeles sidewalk.
Warsaw, Poland
The world’s narrowest house makes for an awkward, four-foot-wide living space.
St. Augustine, Florida
It's a pretty creepy lock-up.
Blegny, Belgium
Descend into the tunnels to experience the life of a coal miner.
Sweden
Although rarely used, there is still a hidden room for the royal family at the Stockholm central station.
Valletta, Malta
Both the World War II Allied Forces and NATO have used this modern bunker underneath Malta’s capital.
Rochester, New York
A room hidden behind a swinging shelf in the children's section.
Oxford, England
This hidden 13th-century tavern room has a few Shakespearean connections.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.
Blois, France
Hundreds of secret cabinets built into the walls of legendary poisoner's private work room.
Taxco, Mexico
This "cursed house" features secret rooms, hidden vaults, and dark escape tunnels.
Denver, Colorado
Where scientists keep miles of very valuable ice from Antarctica and Greenland from melting.
Chicago, Illinois
Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.