Rome, Italy
The Mithraeum at Circus Maximus
The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.
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Rome, Italy
The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.
Liverpool, England
19th century tunnels burrowed under Liverpool.
Los Angeles, California
Historic funicular railway, believed to be the shortest railroad in the world.
Barstow, California
Nationwide network of co-ownership underground catastrophe shelters.
Riga, Latvia
A preserved oak tree about 3,500 years old found in Riga, Latvia.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Green Valley, Arizona
America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.
Yuma, Arizona
Walk through the actual strap iron cells and solitary chambers of Arizona Territory’s first prison.
Belgrade, Serbia
A misnamed well, with a deep dark past.
Phil Campbell, Alabama
Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."
Belogradchik, Bulgaria
Bizarrely shaped rock formations in northwest Bulgaria come with equally bizarre legends.
Ramat Negev Regional Council, Israel
A massive, heart-shaped, wind-carved crater in the middle of the Israeli desert.
Meagher, Montana
Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.
Stra, Italy
A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
An oil baron's wild paradise and the winner of an ill-fated air race.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Soaring over the Niagara Whirlpool since 1916.
Paris, France
A haunting collection of the vanished and disappearing natural world.
Valentine, Texas
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
Hanksville, Utah
A Mars simulation in the southern Utah desert.
South San Francisco, California
A large instrument played by the wind.
Caracas, Venezuela
Dr. Farid Mattar's Monument of Peace.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Höganäs, Sweden
Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.
Taipei, Taiwan
Enormous pendulum helps keep Taiwan's tallest building from swaying.