Phonsavan, Laos
Plain of Jars
Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.
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Phonsavan, Laos
Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.
Kunoy, Faroe Islands
The abandoned village of Skarð aptly illustrates the idiom "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."
Romulus, New York
World's largest herd of white deer populate a former U.S. Army depot.
Tamarugal, Chile
Towns with a resource known as "white gold," valuable enough to fight a war over, now stand ghostly and empty.
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.
Big Pine Key, Florida
Island ghost town detailing Flagler's folly in building the Overseas Railroad.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Butte, Montana
New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.
Chicxulub, Mexico
The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.
Meagher, Montana
Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.
Ramat Negev Regional Council, Israel
A massive, heart-shaped, wind-carved crater in the middle of the Israeli desert.
Delta, Utah
Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.
Bozhou, China
The largest traditional Chinese medicine market in the world sells ingredients that may make you squirm.
Osoyoos, British Columbia
A sacred lake composed of over 300 separate pools of highly concentrated minerals.
Coober Pedy, Australia
An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.
Tlell, British Columbia
Hauntingly beautiful totem poles left by the Haida.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
A New England ghost town features a trail of boulders etched with intriguing life lessons.
Kandovan, Iran
Modern-day cave dwellers carve elaborate homes out of volcanic debris.
Brooklyn, New York
The only remaining Jewish congregation in Greenpoint.
Kasol, India
Remote town home to Himachalis, Israelis, and tons of hashish.
Ozersk, Russia
Most polluted lake in the world, used as a radioactive dumping ground for years.
Eaglehawk Neck, Australia
This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.
Frankfurt, Germany
This unique exhibit "Dialogue in the Dark" reverses roles as the visionless become guides and the sighted become ‘blind.’