Wadki, India
Underground Tunnel at Mastani Lake
Once a passageway that led to the Shaniwar Wada palace fort.
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Wadki, India
Once a passageway that led to the Shaniwar Wada palace fort.
El Rosario, Mexico
The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.
Florissant, Colorado
The largest source of fossilized insects anywhere.
Culpeper, Virginia
A bunker "with enough U.S. currency to replenish the cash supply east of the Mississippi" in the event of nuclear war now protects nitrate film.
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.
Saint-Pierre, Martinique
The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."
Scituate, Massachusetts
A Medieval Water Tower in the Heart of Massachusetts.
Whitby, England
This historic castle was already in ruins by the 13th century.
Wendover, Utah
This pristine World War II airfield gives a comprehensive look at atomic development and aviation history.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Enormous statue of the Emperor of the Mongols.
Yokohama, Japan
A network of ancient tunnels and vaulted chambers with mystical Buddhist reliefs, built for ascetic training.
Burnet, Texas
An immense cave that has served as an outlaw's treasure trove, an underground dance hall, a nuclear fallout shelter, and much more.
London, England
In this cobwebbed old operating theater, you can practically hear the screams of the unanesthetized patients.
Ballintoy, Northern Ireland
Built in 1547, these ruins lie on a rocky promontory in Ballintoy jutting into the wild ocean waters below.
Churchill, Manitoba
A crash site in the heart of polar bear territory has become a beloved local landmark.
Birmingham, England
An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.
Ribadeo, Spain
Natural stone arches form a walkable "cathedral" at low tide, then disappear entirely when the water returns.
Belize
A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.
La Pointe, Wisconsin
These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Holywood, Scotland
A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.
Rosehearty, Scotland
The ruins of a 15th-century tower house.
Eglinton, Scotland
The ruins of a once-grand castle that played host to a tournament with 100,000 attendees.
Petrovaradin, Serbia
A maze of underground tunnels beneath one of the most beautiful forts in Serbia.