Jökulsárgljúfur, Iceland
Karl og Kerling
Legend has it these two stones are petrified trolls.
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Jökulsárgljúfur, Iceland
Legend has it these two stones are petrified trolls.
Hamragarðar, Iceland
This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.
Roslyn, South Dakota
A museum dedicated to all things vinegar in rural South Dakota.
Whitby, England
This tiny traditional smokehouse is the only one left in this historic fishing port.
Lubec, Maine
This waterfront museum in Maine is dedicated to the history of the smoked-herring trade.
Cascade Summit, Oregon
The third tallest plunge fall in Oregon, worth visiting year-round.
Mexico City, Mexico
One of the world's richest men bought this former paper factory and transformed it into a mall.
Hudson, New Hampshire
A former zoo turned public park, where visitors can hang out in the old animal cages.
Millvale, Pennsylvania
An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.
Madrid, Spain
A vault of safe-deposit boxes in an old bank has been repurposed as a time capsule of Hispanic culture.
Tallinn, Estonia
Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.
New York, New York
Elevated freight railway turned wildly successful urban park.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.
London, England
The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.
Seattle, Washington
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.
Frederiksberg, Denmark
A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.
Altaussee, Austria
During World War II, Austria's oldest salt mine was used to store thousands of pieces of stolen artwork.
Siegen, Germany
The abandoned mine where American troops discovered a treasure trove of art and artifacts hidden by the Nazis.
Nuremberg, Germany
During World War II, the Nazis repurposed this beer cellar to store stolen artwork.
Valencia, Spain
Across Valencia lie the remains of three ancient fortifications built centuries apart: a Roman enclosure, an Islamic expansion, and a medieval Christian wall.
Burnet, Texas
An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.
Guadalupe, California
Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.
Lake Tarawera, New Zealand
A Maori village obliterated by an 1886 volcanic eruption.