Teshig, Mongolia
Mongolia/Russia Border Crossing No. 487
This extremely remote border crossing was closed to prevent smuggling and looting.
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Teshig, Mongolia
This extremely remote border crossing was closed to prevent smuggling and looting.
Tiverton, Nova Scotia
This massive rock column in Canada is perched on a corner of its base, seeming to defy gravity.
Greenville, Maine
The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.
San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
Bangor, Maine
This Art Deco theater is the last remaining opera house in the “little Broadway of the North.”
Mountain Township, Illinois
In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.
Scotia, Nebraska
After sitting abandoned for decades, this historic mine is now the only publicly accessible chalk room and pillar mine in North America.
Missouri Valley, Iowa
Thousands of objects from a steamboat wreck reveal an extraordinary snapshot of American frontier life in 1865.
Bethel, Maine
A showcase of geologic history is home to one of the largest collection of lunar meteorites on Earth.
Boothbay, Maine
Five mythical trolls have taken up residence in woods and hidden on paths at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
Bangor, Maine
The second-oldest garden cemetery in the U.S. was also a college brainstorm spot of Stephen King.
Unity, Maine
After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.
Swans Island, Maine
This uninhabited island in Maine is home to various works of art left by visitors over the years.
Yarmouth, Maine
The world's largest rotating world.
Deer Isle, Maine
Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.
Kennebunk, Maine
The most photographed house in Maine looks good enough to eat.
Fargo, North Dakota
North Dakota's smallest store only has tiny items.
Brownville, Maine
The remains of a large iron mill that once stood in the remote woods of northern Maine.
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.
Marshfield, Wisconsin
"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.
Sister Bay, Wisconsin
Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
This former studio belonging to a pioneer in photography stands in a picturesque landscape with unique rock formations.