Los Angeles, California
Idle Hour
The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.
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Los Angeles, California
The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.
Manhattan Beach, California
The sun acts as a key that only fits this giant keyhole twice a year.
San Francisco, California
In this century-old literary safehouse, print is alive and well.
Los Angeles, California
Magical-looking cottages that inspired one of the most famous animated films ever.
Pasadena, California
A bigger-than-life pun that has become a beacon of altruism.
Carlsbad, California
Stripes of flowers bloom each spring in a 50 acre rainbow of color.
San Diego, California
An inconspicuous footbridge beloved by San Diego locals.
Nara, Japan
The abandoned Japanese amusement park once loomed as a dystopian Disneyland.
London, England
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Los Angeles, California
It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.
Ellicott City, Maryland
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
Kalabaka, Greece
Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania
Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Averøy, Norway
A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.
Abhaneri, India
Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.
Sweetwater, Tennessee
Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
Victoria Falls, Zambia
The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Site of a former hidden treehouse in New Orleans.
New York, New York
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.