Castleton, Vermont
Taconic Mountain Ramble Zen Gardens
This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.
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Castleton, Vermont
This magnificent Japanese garden provides a moment of Zen in rural Vermont.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.
York, England
Makers and sellers of the original and finest York Ghosts.
Chicago, Illinois
An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The residents of the Neighborhood of Make-Believe live without much fanfare within the Pittsburgh Children's Museum.
New Orleans, Louisiana
An abandoned underground bunker not far from downtown New Orleans.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Before becoming a public park, this spot was a shell midden, a fort, and an amusement park.
Cedar, Michigan
A crumbling mountain resort that looks like it was abandoned in an instant.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Peach Springs, Arizona
In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.
New York, New York
A hands-on traveling collection of the innovative devices of yesteryear.
Saint-Denis, Italy
An abandoned village that resides along the mountains of the Aosta Valley.
Nottingham, England
An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.
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.
New York, New York
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
Iceland
A "simple-hearted artist" turned an isolated Icelandic valley into his own art museum.
Buford, Wyoming
A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.
Buford, Wyoming
Miraculous tree that seems to sprout out of solid rock.
Buford, Wyoming
One of the smallest towns in the United States.
Rome, Italy
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.
Juan Fernández, Chile
Named for the DeFoe novel inspired by a stranded sailor, this island is known for its rare plants and extreme beauty.
Wellesley Island, New York
This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.
Medicine Bow, Wyoming
A century-old cabin off of Highway 30 touts an unusual construction material: dinosaur bones.