Mecca, California
Salton Sea
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
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Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Three Rivers, California
Four hundred granite steps were built into this massive rock by the National Park Service.
Constanța, Romania
Once an opulent Art Nouveau hotspot, the Constanța Casino is one of Romania's most beautiful abandoned buildings.
Bran, Romania
The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
Repository for more than 22 million pickled specimens.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
London, England
After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.
London, England
Catacombs turned marketplace.
Slough, England
This preserved puppy was an adorable beacon of charity.
Oxford, England
Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.
Great Missenden, England
This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).
Clophill, England
A reportedly haunted 14th-century church is curiously facing the “wrong direction.”
Willen, England
The first peace pagoda to be constructed in the Western world sits next to a small English lake.