Grantsville, Maryland
Casselman River Bridge
This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.
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Grantsville, Maryland
This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.
Coleford, England
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
São Paulo, Brazil
This somber statue remembers the enslaved women who were forced to nurse their owners' babies.
Saint Lunaire-Griquet, Newfoundland and Labrador
An ancient Viking village in North America that predates Columbus by 500 years.
Dublin, Ireland
The enchanting archway is the only surviving portal into Dublin’s lost medieval wall.
Washington, D.C.
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Schattenhalb, Switzerland
The alpine falls where Sherlock Holmes apparently met his demise can actually be visited.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Lincoln, New Mexico
The site of Billy the Kid’s most famous escape and the end to the Lincoln County War.
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
New York, New York
New York City's only radical feminist independent bookstore.
Seneca Falls, New York
This statue commemorates the meeting of the most influential minds of the women’s rights movement.
Mackinaw City, Michigan
A Northwoods sporting competition that shows lumber jacks doing much more than cutting down trees.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
San Francisco, California
An artsy hidden staircase leads to breathtaking views of San Francisco.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Slack Head, England
These legendary stone steps were once used to haul coffins up the rockface.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The oldest surviving botanic garden in the United States.
Stockholm, Sweden
Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.
Columbus, Ohio
Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.