Portland, Oregon
Cathedral Park
A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.
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Portland, Oregon
A heavenly experience, right here on Terra Firma.
Jamestown, California
Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.
Llano, California
The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.
Calistoga, California
The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.
La Cañada Flintridge, California
An unfortunate geological resemblance to Satan has labeled this Pasadena gorge as a passage to the underworld.
Duncans Mills, California
Massive prehistoric mammals used these stones as oversized scratching posts.
Los Angeles, California
Small museum packed with artifacts recovered by the man rumored to be the real-life inspiration for Indiana Jones.
Culver City, California
Dioramas and animatronics lead you through the story of Bhagavad-gita, the Indian literary classic.
North Miami Beach, Florida
St Bernard de Clairvaux Episcopal Church, better known as one of the oldest European buildings in the Western Hemisphere.
Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Wah, Pakistan
A mere stone's throw from Islamabad exists a spectacular display of three millennia of humanity's progress.
Dolores, Colorado
A breathtaking array of ancient Pueblo structures and artifacts counterintuitively preserved by neglect.
Agios Tychon, Cyprus
Sex curse discovered on ancient tablet in Cyprus.
Angles-sur-l'Anglin, France
Exquisite examples prehistoric bas-relief carvings.
Abhaneri, India
Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.
Iceland
Outlaws, hot springs, and tragedy have all left their mark on this ancient road in the Icelandic highlands.
Beijing, China
This ancient Chinese observatory still contains early astronomy technology.
Mount Colah, Australia
An ancient rock engraving shows Aboriginals used their advanced knowledge of the stars to hunt and gather.
Birmingham, England
England's foremost purveyor of funeral furniture hasn't changed a bit since the 1960s.
Ballymena, Northern Ireland
A brisk climb up this solitary peak leads to the origin story of a towering figure in Irish history.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
Decaying 18th-century church converted to a single-family home.
Madeley, England
This tranquil churchyard in the heart of England’s mining country whispers tales of both triumph and tragedy.
Stoney Stanton, England
The site of the most dived wreck in the UK.