Fredericktown, Missouri
Castor River Shut-Ins
These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.
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Fredericktown, Missouri
These pink granite water slides are the result of millions of years of erosion.
Garden Grove, California
Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.
Anaheim, California
A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.
Anaheim, California
The lead horse on a Disneyland merry-go-round that is older than the park itself.
Reading, Pennsylvania
A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.
Fort Benton, Montana
A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.
Daytona Beach, Florida
Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie was a good dog.
Recife, Brazil
The massive gardens and office of a Brazilian sculptor.
Klevan, Ukraine
This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.
Krakow, Poland
This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.
Pomposa, Italy
The 1,000-year-old abbey is the birthplace of modern musical notation.
Wustermark, Germany
The 1936 Summer Olympics site is a crumbling remnant of sportsmanship and a history its host country would like to forget.
Stockport, England
Great Britain's only hat-making museum.
Obergoms VS, Switzerland
A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.
Lac Léman, Switzerland
A Swiss board game museum housed inside a picture-perfect castle.
London, England
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
Gryfino, Poland
Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.
Yrdyk, Kyrgyzstan
On the shores of Kyrgyzstan's Issyk-Kul Lake, a family cooks a feast that tells the sad tale of a people's exile.
Przhevalsk, Kyrgyzstan
This museum is dedicated to one of Russia's greatest explorers.
Saty, Kazakhstan
Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.
Forsand, Norway
This giant boulder is pinched over a 1000-meter abyss by two mountains.
Bethesda, Maryland
This propitious plastic porcine has been petitioning park visitors to pick up after themselves for more than 50 years.
Thurmont, Maryland
Unannounced visitors are now welcome at the site of the largest Prohibition-era bootlegging operation in the region.