Saint Paul, Minnesota
Wabasha Street Caves
These curious caverns have been home to mushrooms, gangsters, and disco.
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Saint Paul, Minnesota
Marjorie McNeely Conservatory (Como Park)
Home to the Amorphophallus titanum "Corpse Flower," which is among the largest flowers in the world and also smells powerfully of rotting flesh when in bloom.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum
20,000 pieces in a Frank Gehry-designed building.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Stone Arch Bridge
The only arched bridge made of stone on the entire Mississippi River.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mill City Museum and site of "The Great Mill Disaster"
When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.
Red Lodge, Montana
Remnants of the Smith Mine Disaster
Derelict buildings are all that remain of a complex at the site of one of the worst mining disasters in Montana history.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The Crow's Nest at the Old Faithful Inn
An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Old Faithful Geyser
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Morning Glory Pool
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
Grand Prismatic Spring
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Garden of the Gods
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Estes Park, Colorado
The Stanley Hotel
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
Cadet Chapel
Air Force Academy Chapel made of 100 identical tetrahedrons works to inspire those of all religions.
Golden, Colorado
The Buffalo Bill Museum and Grave
The final resting place of American icon Buffalo Bill, and a museum that aids in telling his tale.
Bled, Slovenia
Bled Island and Castle
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dragon Bridge
A whimsical bridge adorned with decorative dragons.
Zagreb, Croatia
Museum of Broken Relationships
Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
Plitvice Lakes
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
Lerwick, Scotland
Up Helly Aa
During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.
Sumburgh, Scotland
Jarlshof
This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.
London, England
Natural History Museum of London
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
La Paz, Bolivia
Valle de la Luna (Valley of the Moon)
A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.
Bolivia
Great Train Graveyard
On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.
Daniel Campos, Bolivia
Uyuni Salt Flat
A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.
