Taipei, Taiwan
Grand Hotel Tunnel
Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.
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Taipei, Taiwan
Air-raid tunnels hidden beneath this opulent hotel provided shelter and an escape route—and one of the world's longest slides.
Thompson Springs, Utah
Thousands of years ago, Indigenous people painted images onto these canyon walls that are still on display today, provocative, mysterious, and enduring reminders of the people who lived here long ago.
Mantua, Italy
This decoration above a door, an unofficial family crest, is said to come alive during the night to try to get free of the stone.
Bekesbourne, England
An anti-tank graveyard in the English countryside.
Naseby, England
A monument at the site of a decisive battle in the First English Civil War.
Atlanta, Georgia
A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.
London, England
One of the world’s leading and most extensive archives on the Holocaust, the Nazi era, and genocide, this collection includes published and unpublished works, press cuttings, photographs, and eyewitness testimony.
Pāhoa, Hawaii
In 2018, Pohoiki Road was severed by lava flowing from the eruption of Kilauea.
Mansfield, Connecticut
A giant ant model welcomes visitors to an exhibit about symbiotic organisms that live with army ant colonies.
Broulee, Australia
This tree, with its large oval-shaped scar, is a rare piece of Aboriginal cultural history.
Paris, France
A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.
Antarctica
An ice field known for harboring an infamous Martian meteorite turned out to contain the oldest air on Earth.
Bulgaria
These cascading falls resonate throughout the Bulgarian forest.
Zalaszántó, Hungary
One of the biggest Buddhist stupas in Europe, hidden from most locals.
Anchorage, Alaska
Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.
Boroughbridge, England
At 22 feet tall, these Bronze Age monoliths are some of the tallest standing stones in the United Kingdom.
Argyll and Bute, Scotland
A long-abandoned relic of World War II.
Carnlough, Northern Ireland
This village provides a glimpse at rural life in Northern Ireland during the mid-20th-century.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Thousands of pieces of art have been carved into the rock at the site of an ancient volcanic eruption.
Beauty Point, Australia
An active seahorse farm is currently saving Tasmania's handfish from extinction.
Salmon, Idaho
This set of hot springs also comes with fantastic views.
Herľany, Slovakia
One of the few cold geysers in Europe, its eruptions are powered by carbon dioxide.
Wielenbach, Germany
A hole in the floor of this chapel is said to have been created by a footprint of the devil.
Kamenický Šenov, Czechia
Tall columns of volcanic basalt make up this improbable-seeming rock formation.