Sedalia, Colorado
Devil’s Head Lookout Tower
This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.
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Sedalia, Colorado
This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.
Inari, Finland
This cairn marks the only place where Central European Time, Eastern European Time, and Further-eastern European Time meet.
Vaals, Netherlands
A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.
Poland
A small granite monument marks where the borders of three countries meet.
Rovaniemi, Finland
If you visit Santa's village, you can get your passport stamped to show you crossed into the Arctic Circle.
Glen Arbor Township, Michigan
This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.
Culberson County, Texas
Steep canyon walls hide a forested oasis in the West Texas desert.
Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Northwest Arctic, Alaska
Massive mounds of golden sand look like a desert landscape randomly plopped in an Arctic forest.
Barcelona, Spain
This stunning iron gate designed by Modernist architect Antoni Gaudí is filled with mythic symbolism.
Peru
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
Indianapolis, Indiana
At the top of the hour, this steam-powered clock's eight brass whistles play "Back Home Again in Indiana."
Madison, Wisconsin
Before he was America’s most famous preservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.
Rock Springs, Wyoming
This sandstone building is a relic of the Overland Trail.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.
Hildesheim, Germany
The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.
Berlin, Germany
You've probably seen these distinctive orange-tiled columns on the big screen.
Brooklyn, New York
This recipe is set in stone.
San Diego, California
Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.
Estes Park, Colorado
The world's largest key collection features keys to the White House, Frankenstein's castle, and Hitler's bunker.
San Diego, California
Built for an exposition in 1915, these horticultural displays have stood the test of time.
Monson, Maine
The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.
Van Buren, Missouri
Often referred to as the largest spring in America.