Ikaruga, Japan
Hōryū-ji
Home to the world's oldest wooden building.
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Ikaruga, Japan
Home to the world's oldest wooden building.
West Hollywood, California
An Italian restaurant became a rock-and-roll hangout and the lair of the "Hollywood vampires."
Cork, Ireland
A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.
Winslow, Arizona
This memorial includes fragments from one of the greatest tragedies in United States history.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
A collection of old steam and diesel locomotives sitting in a fenced-off garden.
Obergoms VS, Switzerland
A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.
Bairawa, Nepal
Nepal’s last remaining population of wild water buffalo and many other rare species call this reserve home.
Soja, Japan
A rare example of an ancient Japanese hill castle believed to be the fortress of a legendary demon.
Washington, D.C.
One of the dwarven trees dates back to 1625 and survived the Hiroshima bombing.
Tsugaru, Japan
A train station decorated by a giant replica of the ancient Shakōki-dogū figurine found in the area.
Paris, France
The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.
Tijeras, New Mexico
The U.S. Air Force has an anti-satellite laser weapon.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The official atomic museum of the United States explores the explosive and productive history of a much maligned energy source.
New Mexico
Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.
Roswell, New Mexico
This fast-food outlet is the only space and UFO-themed McDonalds in the world.
Magdalena, New Mexico
Twenty-seven massive radio antennas on the high plains of New Mexico search for life on other planets.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
The shattered remnants of a meteor that struck Santa Fe more than a billion years ago.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.
Tillamook, Oregon
No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
Calistoga, California
The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.
Big Pine, California
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Duncans Mills, California
Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.
Sirkka, Finland
In the Hugging Tree Forest, lingonberry marshmallows, hot chocolates, and the best campfire lattes north of the Arctic Circle come to you.