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The Lost Sea

Sweetwater, Tennessee

Lost Sea

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.

A street in historical Shoe-makers market of Safranbolu. (Wikimedia Commons)

Safranbolu, Turkey

Safranbolu, Turkey

Ottoman-era houses lovingly preserved.

Fairy Chimneys

Aksaray, Turkey

Cappadocia

In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.

Museum of Human Anatomy. (Creative Commons)

Pisa, Italy

Museum of Human Anatomy

Anatomical cabinet holds unexpected treasures.

Plaque that marks the former hospital

Baltimore, Maryland

Site of Edgar Allan Poe's Death

The site where Poe “in great distress, and ... in need of immediate assistance” likely died.

Gallery interior

Waxahachie, Texas

Webb Gallery

It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.

Raccoon Mountain Caverns

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Raccoon Mountain Caverns

More than five miles of underground passageways.

Wineglass Bay. (prasitmankad/Flickr)

Freycinet, Australia

Wineglass Bay

One of the best beaches in the entire world.

Bicheno Blowhole

Bicheno, Australia

Bicheno Blowhole

Granite rocks that concentrate waves into powerful jets.

Monkey Jungle entrance. (Flickr)

Miami, Florida

Monkey Jungle

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

Painted Skull Sent Into Vancouver's Police Department

Vancouver, British Columbia

Vancouver Police Museum

Housing a morgue, rare and confiscated weapons, and autopsy remains, the Vancouver police museum displays the dark side of Canada.

The entrance to the caves in St. Paul.

Saint Paul, Minnesota

Wabasha Street Caves

These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.

A top-hatted bear is one of the more "normal" items in the Trundle collection.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Trundle Manor: House of Oddities

House of vintage taxidermy and Steampunk sculptures in a quiet Pittsburgh neighborhood.

Museum of Human Disease

Sydney, Australia

Museum of Human Disease

Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.

Shilin Stone Forest

Kunming, China

Shilin Stone Forest

270 million year-old forest of stone.

Vigna Randanini.

Rome, Italy

Vigna Randanini

One of seven Jewish catacombs in Rome and one of only two open to the public.

Saltstraumen Maelstrom

Bodo, Norway

Saltstraumen Maelstrom

World's strongest whirlpool.

The Grave of Ernest Shackleton

Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

The Grave of Ernest Shackleton

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.

Skellig Michael.

Kerry, Ireland

Skellig Michael

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

Hall of Mosses

Forks, Washington

Hall of Mosses

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Rotorua

Rotorua, New Zealand

Rotorua

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Bled Island

Bled, Slovenia

Bled Island and Castle

This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.

Gulag Museum

Kuchino, Russia

Gulag Museum

Former prison camp dedicated to the victims of political repression.

El Ateneo Grand Splendid0

Buenos Aires, Argentina

El Ateneo Grand Splendid

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.

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