Iceland
Grjótagjá
This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.
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Iceland
This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.
Iceland
This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.
Iceland
This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.
Iceland
A stratovolcano located in the south of Iceland, with a long history of charted activity and a rich mythology attached.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum preserving torture methods from the past.
Esch-sur-Sûre, Luxembourg
Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Brussels, Belgium
Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
Tallahassee, Florida
The ruins of a once massive plantation are now a private residence hidden in the Florida wilderness.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Only museum dedicated to women pilots, with personal artifacts from Amelia Earhart and other aviatrixes.
London, England
Hear the quietest sound from across the dome.
New York, New York
Whisper secrets in a busy station only to be heard on the other side of this acoustic arch.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska
The king of U.S. high points towers over every other peak on the continent.
Cripple Creek, Colorado
This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.
Samarra, Iraq
9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.
Roscoe, New York
An abandoned castle owned and ignored by Masons carries a cursed history.
Derinkuyu, Turkey
The deepest underground city in Turkey was designed to protect 20,000 people behind massive stone doors.
Rome, Italy
This ancient Roman prison is decorated with an upside-down cross not as blasphemy but as saintly tribute.
Godalming, England
The hidden "ballroom" under a mansion lake was built by a criminal who ate a cyanide pill during his trial.
Ashkelon, Israel
These numerous Israeli caves were dug out over hundreds years for reasons ranging from hideouts to burial sites.
Hilo, Hawaii
Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.
Moscow, Russia
Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.