Smith Island, Maryland
Smith Island
An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.
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Smith Island, Maryland
An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.
Yazd, Iran
The fire inside this temple has burned for more than 1,500 years.
Calgary, Alberta
Decorated by local artists, the city's utility boxes have become three-dimensional canvases.
Bar Harbor, Maine
These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.
Port Renfrew, British Columbia
Saved by a logger, this Douglas fir is one of the last great old-growth trees in Canada.
Acton, Australia
A little-known museum of Ancient Roman and Ancient Greek artifacts.
Minions, England
Cornish legend says these ancient circles were people turned to stone for playing hurling on a Sunday.
Venice, Italy
Those who own or stay at this 500-year-old, allegedly cursed house often meet terrible fates.
Northport, Michigan
A lonely stone-sided terminal stands next to a grass airstrip on Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula.
Leiden, Netherlands
A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.
Krakow, Poland
St. Mary's features one of the most spectacularly decorated cathedral interiors in all of Europe.
North Saanich, British Columbia
By public opinion, this is Canada's knottiest tree.
York, England
An incredibly well-preserved piece of ninth-century Viking poop.
Launceston, England
A holy well supposedly infused with a saint's spirit flows within this quaint chapel.
Trethevy, England
These mysterious mazes carved on the rock may be up to 4,000 years old.
Qatar
Climb down into the largest sinkhole in Qatar.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The beloved bard's garb is proudly displayed within a Freemason's hall.
Kobe, Japan
An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.
Detroit, Michigan
This former industrial site has transformed into a community sculpture garden that hosts monthly Full Moon parties.
Glenside, Australia
A perfectly preserved abandoned criminal asylum in South Australia.
London, England
Tombstones and enigmatic inscriptions hide within a vault beneath a popular London arts venue.
Pokhara, Nepal
Feast your eyes upon hundreds of Nepal's native butterflies and moths.
London, England
Buried for centuries, this hidden cellar is all that remains of London's medieval Whitefriars Monastery.
Ballyedmonduff, Ireland
This Bronze Age tomb is the centerpiece of a clearing within a beautiful Irish forest.