Jamestown, California
Eagle-Shawmut Mine
Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.
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Jamestown, California
Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.
Paris, France
An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.
Clark County, Nevada
The drama of nature in full effect in this Nevada State Park.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Green River, Utah
This gallery of prehistoric red ochre art lines the wall of a scenic segment in Utah's San Rafael Swell.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Fort Worth, Texas
A modernist landscape of water and sci-fi concrete.
Big Sur, California
This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.
Sonora, California
Where the writer penned his famous story about a jumping frog.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Ione, California
One of the oldest reform schools in the United States, home to wayward boys such as Merle Haggard, now abandoned.
Florence, Italy
This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Ronda, Spain
Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Bridgeport, California
Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.