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An isolated, relict ponderosa pine forest in central Oregon that survives on half the usual rainfall due to a geologic quirk

These crypt figures are said to be the giant and his family, turned to stone mid-rampage

A rocky ledge above the Lehigh River, wrapped in devilish folklore and broad valley views

For a city that is so rife with gleaming statues and memorials in alabaster and bronze, this occultish-looking wooden example poses more questions than it answers

Amongst the decadent homes that surround London’s Regent’s Park stands a replica of one of Denmark's most significant national treasures

A history of invasion, innovation, ignition, and Iceni, the Temple of Claudius has been an iconic landmark throughout the history of Britain’s oldest recorded town from its very earliest days to the present

A fascinating collection of Scottish late-medieval carved stones

The hidden chapel that keeps getting forgotten over the centuries

A junction in the Death Valley backcountry marked by old crankshafts

Traces remain from early Cold War experiments on the vulnerability of underground installations to surface explosions

Ruins of this late 19th-century mining camp are right on Nevada State Route 266

Two alleyways in Suzhou Old Town offer a slice of life in Shanghai's French Concession, and served as a private home-away-from-home for one of 1920s Shanghai’s most infamous gangsters

Resting place of Sarah Rector.

A 400-year-old ruined palace on top of a hill, overlooking the sleepy village of Al-Ghayl, some 300 km south of Riyadh.

It's a tiny roadside universe of welded folk-art creatures built by one man who turned farm-repair welding into an imaginative anything goes sculpture garden that you stumble upon by accident and walk away remembering.

The forest has reclaimed nearly everything—streets included—from this failed Pennsylvania "City of Heaven" that was once deeded directly to God.

An eighteenth-century fantasy where monkeys, dragons, and Chinese courtiers emerge from walls made entirely of porcelain.

A pair of trousers or a dress was hoisted up the shore station’s flagstaff to announce the birth of a baby to the lighthouse keeper working offshore.

Secluded wading pool with small waterfall and lovely nature.

This is where all crows in the surrounding region come to roost from the entire Lower Mainland of Vancouver.

A striking symbol of the Troubles, this semi-demolished prison was home to the largest prison escape in the history of the British Isles.

The beautifully tiled, hidden resting place of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan’s wet nurse, tucked away behind a bustling railway track.

A treasure trove of material within the University of Pittsburgh Library Systems has spawned the world's first and only center for academic study of the horror genre.

A split boulder left by the Ice Age and, according to legend, a hazard to your senses.