Randsburg, California
Burro Schmidt Tunnel
This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.
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Randsburg, California
This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.
Dargavs, Russia
This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.
Queens, New York
A hyper-luxurious, 12,000- square foot home might be buried beneath Queens, still waiting to protect you from nuclear missiles.
Terre Haute, Indiana
Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.
Pyongyang, North Korea
This abandoned-looking amusement park is frighteningly open for business.
Spencer, West Virginia
A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.
Cuenca, Spain
Geological storytelling.
Lübben, Germany
Explore the complex ecology of this multifaceted nature preserve by riverboat.
Big Bear Lake, California
In the days before HD projectors and IMAX, some of the most powerful projectors belonged to planetariums.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Crosstown, England
This ancient church, rebuilt at least 3 times, is flanked at all sides by history.
New York, New York
A Pythagorean funhouse that tries, successfully, to prove that math is the coolest thing ever.
Kane, Utah
This rugged area of red rocks and arches is often considered one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
Foshan, China
What can compare to the comforting sound of 10,000 toilets running?
Prypiat, Ukraine
This attraction was abandoned after the Chornobyl disaster.
Kingston, New York
The only intersection in America where the buildings on all four corners were built pre-Revolutionary War.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Claremont, North Carolina
A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.
Vigevano, Italy
The Cathedral of St. Ambrose has been hiding a special parishioner within its walls.
Bronx, New York
The end of the 4 Line is also the end of the line for 300,000 souls in one of NYC's most illustrious cemeteries.
Nagano, Japan
This ancient temple is set up to take you on a pilgrimage of self.
Millers Point, Australia
This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.
Lynchburg, Tennessee
All you ever needed or wanted to know about America's favorite whiskey, but not a drop to drink.
California
The highest dunes in California are the most likely place in the area to hear the Singing Sands.