El Paso, Texas
Hueco Tanks
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
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El Paso, Texas
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
Chicxulub, Mexico
The meteor that sealed the fate of the dinosaurs landed at this site, one of the largest impact craters in the world.
Rome, Italy
The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.
Baker, Nevada
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
Bolzano, Italy
Europe’s oldest natural human mummy.
Devon Island, Nunavut
The closest thing to Mars on Earth.
Mounana, Gabon
The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.
San Francisco, California
A modern mechanical planetary system, part of a 10,000 year clock.
Svalbard, Norway
This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.
Elberton, Georgia
A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.
Union, Connecticut
This small-town Connecticut restaurant gives each diner a free book from its vast library.
Ardtalnaig, Scotland
Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This ancient Irish religious site is covered in ancient carvings, many of which have barely aged.
Çanakkale, Turkey
This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.
Cusco, Peru
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Al Ula, Saudi Arabia
Within the Saudi Arabian desert lies a 2,000-year-old ghost town made of stone and mud.
Port Royal, Jamaica
Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."
Golubac, Serbia
This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.
Lovell, Wyoming
Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.
Sandwick, Scotland
Amazing and mysterious Neolithic settlement on Scotland's Orkney Islands.
Saint Lunaire-Griquet, Newfoundland and Labrador
An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.
Cross Village, Michigan
Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Odawa artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.
Charlevoix, Michigan
Unique Michigan homes look like something out of Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings."