Jadwin, Missouri
Welch Spring Hospital Ruins
Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.
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Jadwin, Missouri
Once an ambitious nature spa, these forest ruins now provide a serene monument to failure.
Round Spring, Missouri
An average of 33 million gallons of water pour out of the collapsed cave at the heart of this spherical spring.
Kyoto, Japan
With over 12,000 different species of plants, this botanical garden is Japan's oldest and most diverse.
Wieliczka, Poland
An underground city of salt.
Topanga, California
Will Geer's outdoor theater started as a mountain retreat for actors, musicians, and other artists who were blacklisted during the Red Scare.
Katoomba, Australia
This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.
Hilo, Hawaii
This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.
Honolulu, Hawaii
This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.
Pepeekeo, Hawaii
These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.
Reykjavik, Iceland
An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
Keflavík, Iceland
A relatively obscure antihero from the Marvel Comics universe adorns a wall inside Iceland's main airport.
Iceland
Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.
Reykjanes, Iceland
Iceland's largest geothermal mud pool is a little bit haunted and a little bit dangerous.
Hveragerði, Iceland
Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.
Hawaii
This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.
Iceland
This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.
Hamragarðar, Iceland
This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.
Vik, Iceland
Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.
Iceland
The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.
Höfn, Iceland
This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.
Iceland
Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
One of the last remaining movie theatres in the country that features a rear-projection system.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Impossibly life-like natural history models created out of glass by a father and son.
Boston, Massachusetts
A beacon atop a downtown building provides Bostonians with weather forecasts and baseball news.