Jatinga, India
Jatinga Bird Deaths
A small village in India bears witness to the end of birds' lives every September.
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Jatinga, India
A small village in India bears witness to the end of birds' lives every September.
Kokilamukh, India
An Indian forest is being single-handedly planted after its creator was inspired by a slither of dead snakes.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
One artist's love letter to his city and its citizens plays out across dozens of bright murals painted on the sides of decrepit buildings.
New Windsor, New York
100 massive sculptures in the Hudson River Valley.
North Salem, New York
Glacial erratic or man-made dolmen? It probably wasn't druids.
Frankfort, Kentucky
This grave marks the final resting place of a legendary frontiersman... unless it doesn't.
Pineville, Kentucky
This boulder stays on its mountain thanks to a huge chain and on the map due to local legend.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Nibe, Denmark
In legend, this ancient dolmen was said to have been created when a troll tried to destroy a church.
Elberton, Georgia
A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.
Washington, D.C.
There just so happens to be a court even higher than the U.S Supreme Court: a basketball court in the building itself.
San Francisco, California
The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.
Arcola, Illinois
You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.
Paris, Illinois
In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.
Terre Haute, Indiana
In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.
West Terre Haute, Indiana
A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.
Chamoli, India
A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.
Charleston, Illinois
The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.
South Park Township, Pennsylvania
One man's real life disfigurement inspired a lasting local legend surrounding an eerie tunnel.
Monterey, California
An old whaling station now serves to give the public a look at the commercial whaling industry, no longer a part of Monterey's economy.
Monterey, California
A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.
Nazca, Peru
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
Key Biscayne, Florida
A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.