East Lansing, Michigan
Dr. Beal's Seed Viability Experiment
This experiment in the lifespan of seeds will take a century before it is complete.
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East Lansing, Michigan
This experiment in the lifespan of seeds will take a century before it is complete.
Bordeaux, France
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
Kose Parish, Estonia
This disappearing geyser has been attributed to witchcraft, but really it's all about rainfall.
Weatherly, Pennsylvania
This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.
Phillipsville, California
A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.
New Paltz, New York
This stone gatehouse was once the entrance to a historic mountain resort, and it had a cameo in a cheesy cult horror movie.
Melrose, Scotland
This Scottish manor house is a lush relic from the life of a literary great.
Furth im Wald, Germany
Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.
Grasmere, England
This charming English house was once the home of England's most famous poet.
Thomasville, Georgia
A beautifully detailed Victorian house designed to be easy to flee, built by a man haunted by fire.
Sandwich, Massachusetts
This delicate museum is devoted to the art and industry that once supported Cape Cod's oldest town.
Truro, Massachusetts
This abandoned radar station from the Cold War era now only broadcasts a seriously ominous air of isolation.
Dennis, Massachusetts
This lakeside tower is the third attempt at getting a tourist destination to stick on the spot.
Madrid, Spain
The oldest restaurant in the world is this old-world Spanish eatery, still known for its suckling pig.
East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.
San Francisco, California
Tenacious mummies survived dental problems, eternal entombment, and more than their fair share of devastating fires.
Washington, D.C.
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
A natural tidal swimming pool is ringed by bizarrely artistic lava rock formations.
London, England
Remnants of a Victorian garden feature sitting in public woodland.
Washington, D.C.
Art deco landmark on the outskirts of Washington, D.C.
Cambria, California
Cambria's most unique B&B features creative surroundings and fantastic food.
Dachau, Germany
The prototype for all Nazi concentration camps.