Fredericksburg, Texas
Old Tunnel Bat Colony
Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.
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Fredericksburg, Texas
Abandoned railroad tunnel is home to a colony of three million Mexican free-tail bats.
Round Mountain, Texas
This beautiful grotto is one of those places where you can't believe you're just outside Austin.
Houston, Texas
One man's homage to the orange as realized through a long-term folk art labor of love.
Denton, Texas
A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.
Waxahachie, Texas
It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.
Rocksprings, Texas
This sacred cavern, 400 feet deep, is home to millions of bats and an ancient burial ground.
Sonora, Texas
A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.
Mexico
Local lore claims this rocky cape hides a lost Aztec treasure.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Formerly abandoned underground complex to keep royals safe from a nuclear war that never came.
Keswick, England
Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.
Aviemore, Scotland
Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.
Penzance, England
A open air theatre built on a cliff by an eccentric British woman.
Lostwithiel, England
The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.
Dunure, Scotland
This modern labyrinth lies in the shadow of a ruined medieval castle.
Stratford-upon-Avon, England
One of the largest sculpture collections in the U.K. features history's greats, from Bob Dylan to Galileo, in bronze.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A secret garden in a picturesque Edinburgh village has inspired artists for centuries.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.
Sandwick, Scotland
A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.
Haddington, Scotland
Ruined castle with subterranean vaulted Goblin Ha' or "Goblin Hall."
London, England
An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.
Aboyne, Scotland
A glacial pothole was once a hideout for a notorious Scottish outlaw.
Falkirk, Scotland
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
Seaview, England
This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.