Nye County, Nevada
Sedan Crater
The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.
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Nye County, Nevada
The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.
Parachute, Colorado
The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.
Godalming, England
The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.
George Town, Malaysia
The oldest Anglican church in Southeast Asia.
Guymon, Oklahoma
Is this 47.7-mile stretch of highway the longest straight road in the United States?
Aarhus, Denmark
Denmark’s never-ending bridge.
Haugesund, Norway
The iconic blonde bombshell has a familial connection to this town in southern Norway.
Denver, Colorado
A home covered with elaborate mosaic and other pieces of art.
Edgartown, Massachusetts
The filming location of a shark attack in Steven Spielberg’s famous shark movie.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!
Mamaroneck, New York
The "Skinny House" is made from scrap, salvage, and a neighbor’s kindness.
Boston, Massachusetts
Narrowest house in Boston.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
Pickering, England
Remarkable medieval wall paintings decorate this 12th-century, dog-friendly church.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A toweringly silly piece of modern art has been delighting locals since the 1980s.
Shakaria, Jordan
A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.
Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.
Kirkjubæjarklaustur, Iceland
What was once believed to be a church floor turned out to be the artwork of geology.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
London, England
One of the greatest movie directors of all time lived and worked in this London flat from 1926 to 1939.
London, England
A network of concealed passageways lies within a busy London Underground station.
Parker, Arizona
One of the best-preserved ghost towns in Arizona speaks to the difficulties of establishing mining towns in the 19th century American West.
Roscoe, New York
An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.
Twin Falls, Idaho
Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.