Glen Arbor Township, Michigan
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.
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Glen Arbor Township, Michigan
This national park on the shore of Lake Michigan features remarkable dunes that lie at the heart of a Chippewa legend.
Berlin, Maryland
The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.
Cape Charles, Virginia
Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.
Tonalea, Arizona
At certain times in the fall and winter, the sunlight makes this natural sandstone arch glow.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
Southport, North Carolina
This abandoned lighthouse looks like a rusting oil rig, but has managed to survive a number of storms.
Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
Ocracoke, North Carolina
A forgotten sea village stands silent after hurricanes deemed it obsolete.
Charlotte, North Carolina
This scented city oasis was a labor of love.
Charlotte, North Carolina
An elephant is carved onto the gravestone of a man who was crushed by one.
Charlotte, North Carolina
A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Rare videos and memorabilia await visitors inside this unique store.
Claremont, North Carolina
A historic covered bridge, only one of two remaining in North Carolina.
Mortimer, North Carolina
A ghost town that was wiped out by a flood in 1940.
Mt Nebo, West Virginia
A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.
Dunmore, West Virginia
This lookout tower built in the 1930s is now an in-demand cabin with what might be the best view of the Seneca State Forest.
Bottineau, North Dakota
The world's tallest turtle riding the world's largest snowmobile.
Norway
Citizens of Norway want to gift the peak of Mount Halti to Finland for its 100th birthday.
Älvdalen N, Sweden
An unassuming plaque with a laminated poster shows the names of people who completed one of the most grueling journeys in Sweden.
Allinge, Denmark
Once a granite mine, this beautiful lake is the perfect place to cliff jump and zipline in Denmark
Batumi, Georgia
Fast food feels like fine dining at this award-winning modern Georgian building.
Gamsutl', Russia
Propped high atop the peak of Mount Gamsutlmeer, this abandoned village is one of the oldest settlements in the region.
Samara, Russia
Stalin's secret bunker.