Erie, Michigan
Michigan's Lost Peninsula
This small piece of Michigan is entirely surrounded by Ohio.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Erie, Michigan
This small piece of Michigan is entirely surrounded by Ohio.
Los Angeles, California
This nondescript tunnel has been featured in a number of iconic movies, from “Roger Rabbit” to “Back to the Future.”
Mavrovo, North Macedonia
Depending on the region's rainfall, this church may be partially submerged.
Florence, Oregon
The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.
Gold Beach, Oregon
This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.
Port Orford, Oregon
A collection of colorful dinosaurs hidden in an actual rainforest.
Asahikawa, Japan
A natural wonder with mythological ties to the local Ainu tradition.
Aswan, Egypt
This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.
Bimbia, Cameroon
Buried deep in the forest near Limbe, this little-known slave port became the point of no return for 10 percent of enslaved Africans.
Winnemucca, Nevada
The strongest earthquake in Nevada's recorded history left these spectacular breaks along the west front of a range in central Nevada.
Eksjö, Sweden
This lonely rock along a gravel road outside of the southern Swedish village of Eksjö reminds us of a dark chapter in Swedish post-war history.
Marietta, Pennsylvania
An industrial waste tourist attraction.
Santa Margarita, California
The oldest pictographs on this decorated rock formation in California's Carrizo Plain date back as many as 4,000 years.
Franklin, North Carolina
Step past the gas pumps and into a fine French bistro.
Perlora Ciudad de Vacaciones, Spain
The closed and crumbling Francoist luxury resort for workers is still full of life—for now.
Carson City, Nevada
Ruins of the original wooden flume that carried water to Virginia City are still visible high on the Virginia Range.
Malmö, Sweden
These waste baskets play a few risque messages to discourage littering.
Tlacolula de Matamoros, Mexico
This Oaxacan restaurant serves native corn and Indigenous recipes.
Edinburg, Texas
This lake sits on an estimated 4 million tons of salt.
Tokyo, Japan
One of the best-preserved remains of "Tokyo's lost rivers."
Vernal, Utah
A unique collection of drawings that represent Fremont Native American culture.
Salford, England
The longest sculpture trail in the United Kingdom.
Isnäs, Finland
Home to the finest collection of peasant boats in Finland.
Lee Vining, California
Deep vertical fissures like miniature slot canyons cut across the cemented volcanic rock of Black Point above Mono Lake.