Portugal
Drowned Village of Vilarinho da Furna
A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.
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Portugal
A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.
Nevada
This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.
Uribante, Venezuela
A town church once nearly submerged by the damming of a river is now hauntingly visible as the water recedes.
Neversink, New York
The lost town of Neversink, sunk by New York City.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A treehouse assailed by the elements and the government, now gone.
Milton, Delaware
What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.
Okinawa, Japan
Okinawan dining in a twenty foot tall, man-made tree house overlooking Naha Harbor.
Crossville, Tennessee
This structure among the trees was the result of divine inspiration.
Granger, Washington
In Washington's Yakima Valley lies a town "where dinosaurs roam."
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.
Deerfield, Massachusetts
This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.
Port Orford, Oregon
A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.
Richfield Springs, New York
This roadside dinosaur park offered up lumpy neon thunder lizards in the name of kitsch and education.
Cave City, Kentucky
Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.
Ennetbürgen, Switzerland
The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.
Borgloon, Belgium
Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.
Yelverton, England
This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.
Tulcan, Ecuador
This Ecuadorian cemetery is home to a jaw-dropping topiary wonderland.
Nariño, Colombia
A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.
Castellfollit de la Roca, Spain
Village situated on a narrow volcanic escarpment.
Setenil de las Bodegas, Spain
A Spanish town built into the cliffs.
Cuenca, Spain
Cliffside houses provide a spectacular view from their perch above the valley.
Pont-en-Royans, France
These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.