Fairbanks, Alaska
Aurora Ice Museum
Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.
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Fairbanks, Alaska
Mind-blowing carvings and fantasy ice scenes grace the largest year-round ice environment in the world.
North Pole, Alaska
An abandoned aircraft sits submerged in a lake in the Alaska wilderness.
St. Louis, Missouri
A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
Springfield, Missouri
The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.
St. Louis, Missouri
This is not your typical jungle gym.
Iron Township, Missouri
Giant granite rocks standing end-to-end like a train of circus elephants.
East Granby, Connecticut
A former copper mine which became a truly unsuccessful prison.
Palenque, Mexico
An elaborate Mayan city shrouded in alien conspiracy revealed the tomb of Pacal the Great.
Champa, Mexico
The ruins of an ancient Mayan city, beautifully preserved and only accessible by boat.
Sangtoli, India
A centuries-old lookout post still sits atop a natural stone spire.
Marco Island, Florida
An abandoned vacation home spent a decade taking on legends. It's now taking on water.
Cleveland Heights, Ohio
The only presidential monument to display a late POTUS's actual casket.
Saskatchewan
Two provinces and two territories touch borders deep in the middle of the wilderness.
Chipley, Florida
A giant 400-acre preserve in North Florida for displaced wolves.
LaCrosse, Washington
An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.
Toronto, Ontario
This massive, ancient stone was disassembled and then put back together again.
Kolkata, India
An eclectic mix of influences rot together in harmony in this India necropolis.
Cameron, Montana
A 6-mile-long lake created by an apocalyptic seismic event and the deadly chain reaction that ensued.
Vancouver, British Columbia
This conservatory allows a little bit of the tropics to thrive in the middle of a major Canadian city.
San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
Reading, Pennsylvania
A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.
Banos, Ecuador
A swing to dangle you off the very edge.
North Vancouver, British Columbia
This expansive bridge in the Canadian wilderness was originally just built for friends.