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This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

The forest that inspired Winnie-the-Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood can be found outside London.

A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.

These expertly crafted, scientifically accurate glass sea creatures were once an international phenomenon.

A Himalayan monastery claims to have a piece of a centuries-old abominable snowman.

In the northernmost city in the world, it's illegal to be buried because it’s too cold for bodies to decompose.

Possibly the world's oldest rug, this Egyptian relic is woven entirely from ancient cat hair and once carried a mummified human foot.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.

Topless shrine of northern Ghana.

Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.

The top of society once luxuriated in this world-class hotel, which continues to impress, even in ruin.

One tiny triangular park commemorates the victims of a yellow fever epidemic—many of whom are buried right below the grass.

The first Russian Orthodox church in North America and an Alaskan landmark.

The easiest way to the highest point in Wyoming is only accessible via one hefty fee.

Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.

This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.

Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.

The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.

An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.

One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.

These World War I shooting range tunnels are now haunted halls of underground graffiti accessed through the roots of a tree.

This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.

Massive sinkholes on a mountain in one of the most remote places in Venezuela.