Monterey, California
Sloat Monument
This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.
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Monterey, California
This eagle-topped spire remembers the military commander who snatched up California for the United States.
Monterey, California
A tree grown from astronaut seeds which were exposed to cosmic rays.
Crescent City, California
A lighthouse built to save lives that took quite a few with its treacherous location.
Kumistavi, Georgia
This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.
Georgia
Take respite inside this jaw-dropping church while climbing the volcano where Georgia's Prometheus was once chained.
Katskhi, Georgia
Small church on top of a huge rock column.
Batumi, Georgia
The first skyscraper to include a Ferris wheel built into the facade.
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Fortified homes of highland warriors that are still in use today.
Udabno, Georgia
Rock-hewn monastery complex with hundreds of cave structures tucked away into the mountainside.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.
Georgia
Underground monastery and fortress.
Sankt Andreasberg, Germany
Goethe's "Faust" was inspired by these rock formations known as the "Devil's Pulpit" and "Witches' Altar."
Shanghai, China
The powerful party began with a secret meeting in this shikumen in 1921.
Anaheim, California
A surreal, Gaudi-inspired play space near an Anaheim community center.
Rabat, Malta
Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.
Warminster, England
The longest hedge maze in the world.
San Francisco, California
The oldest burial ground in the city, final resting place of city founders, Ohlone natives and murderers alike.
Gilroy, California
Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.
Berkeley, California
Nose around a unique collection of more than 300 natural aromas used to craft fragrances.
Lancaster, California
Each year these high desert hills are absolutely covered with poppy flowers in a surreal show of nature.
San Francisco, California
Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.
New York, New York
This small New York museum examines Chinese history from its origins right up to its arrival in the city.
New York, New York
The name of this tiny pocket park tucked between two buildings on Manhattan's Upper West Side is Latin for its location: "seventy-one."
New York, New York
The mummified relics of an American missionary.