Parachute, Colorado
Rulison Nuclear Test Site
The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.
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Parachute, Colorado
The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.
Nye County, Nevada
The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.
Marshall Islands
An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.
Richland Township, Indiana
Finished in December of 1906, it was the longest rail viaduct in the United States and the third longest of its kind in the world at that time.
Gothenburg, Sweden
A devilish mask still mocks a king’s rumored love nest across the street.
Kourou, French Guiana
Europe’s only spaceport is in South America.
Hinsdale, New Hampshire
This New England drive-in was built to straddle the border between two states.
Valga, Estonia
For the last century, this international border within a small town has appeared and disappeared various times.
Belgium
Walk or bike along a narrow strip of Belgium sandwiched by German territory.
Esperança, Portugal
You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.
Vaals, Netherlands
A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.
Inari, Finland
This cairn marks the only place where Central European Time, Eastern European Time, and Further-eastern European Time meet.
Teec Nos Pos, Utah
The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.
Poland
A small granite monument marks where the borders of three countries meet.
Rovaniemi, Finland
If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.
Les Rousses, Switzerland
Part of this hotel resides in Switzerland, the other in France, and the border splits the honeymoon suite.
South Pittsburg, Tennessee
This stone incorrectly marks the 35th parallel, causing some territorial kerfuffles.
Keyes, Colorado
This marker identifies the location where three states converge.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A hidden network of subterranean passageways lies tangled beneath Indianapolis' bustling City Market.
Iceland
The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.
Carbon County, Utah
Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.
Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts
An old trolley bridge was converted into a breathtaking garden bursting with colorful flowers.
Haarlem, Netherlands
The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.
Halle, Belgium
Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.