Guatemala
La Danta
One of the world's largest pyramids stands within El Mirador, the "lost city of the Maya."
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Guatemala
One of the world's largest pyramids stands within El Mirador, the "lost city of the Maya."
Stow-on-the-Wold, England
This medieval sanctuary's tree-framed door looks like a portal to a mythical realm.
Mansfield, England
This lonely memorial marks the supposedly haunted site of a brutal 19th-century murder.
Marietta, Ohio
This historic Ohio bridge is adorned with fanciful locks left behind by loving couples.
Baginton, England
This reconstructed ancient fort was home to one of the few horse training rings in the Roman Empire.
Tikal, Guatemala
These roaring primates were considered a divine creature in the cosmology of the Maya.
Sisters, Oregon
The trunks of 3,000 year-old trees lurk beneath the surface of this crystal clear lake in Oregon.
Istanbul, Turkey
Climb a steep hill in 90 seconds on the second-oldest urban subway in the world.
Payson, Arizona
A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.
Åkraberg, Sweden
Walking through this narrow gorge will make you feel like you've fallen into a fairytale landscape.
Argentina
The island houses the ruins of a secret nuclear fusion lab that once employed high-profile Nazi scientists
Vilnius, Lithuania
An abandoned masterpiece of Soviet Brutalist architecture.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.
San Diego, California
This historic graveyard was partially paved over to create a streetcar line.
Aguascalientes, Mexico
A museum dedicated to the famous Mexican illustrator's iconic calaveras.
Praia A Mare, Italy
The abandoned ruins of a failed resort hide on this verdant, picture-perfect island.
Mountain Township, Illinois
In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.
Hobart, New York
This small Catskills village has six independent bookstores and more bookshops than restaurants.
Fetlar, Scotland
On a remote island, legend has it that a fiddler and his wife were turned to stone.
Hamilton, Ontario
305 homemade stone stairs wind their way up the Hamilton escarpment.
Jinhua, China
A museum at a Chinese university is the first of its kind in the country.
Hamilton, Ontario
With well over 130 falls and cascades to brag about, Hamilton, Ontario has earned its stripes as the waterfall capital of the world.
Sasso di Castalda, Italy
Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.
Washington, D.C.
Home to a vast and influential collection of Shakespeareana.