Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Oak Ridge "The Secret City"
The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.
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Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Once decrepit and slated for demolition, now one of the longest pedestrian bridges in the world.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
One of the Cemestos prefab homes built to secretly house thousands of Manhattan Project workers.
Scottsboro, Alabama
One person’s lost luggage is another person’s treasure.
Birmingham, Alabama
Once one of the largest producers of pig iron in the world.
Cullman, Alabama
A miniature city built by a single hunchbacked monk.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.
Dalat, Vietnam
A Surreal flight of architectural fancy in Vietnam's Central Highlands.
Đồng Văn, Vietnam
This striking landscape in northern Vietnam contains both geological and archaeological wonders.
Hanoi, Vietnam
The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.
Halong City, Vietnam
Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.
Trân Châu, Vietnam
This cavern was used as a hidden hospital and safe house during the Vietnam War.
Xuân Trạch, Vietnam
World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.
Vĩnh Thạch, Vietnam
This network of tunnels housed an entire village for years, and even had a hall for screening movies.
Da Nang, Vietnam
This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.
Da Nang, Vietnam
This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.
An Hải, Vietnam
Home to what locals claim is the largest whale skeleton in Southeast Asia, which is worshiped yearly.
Antarctica
One of the world's southernmost bars.
Pyramiden, Norway
This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.
Mirny, Russia
The world's second-largest excavated hole.
Ishinomaki, Japan
On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.
Russia
Two islands just 4 km apart separated by an International Border and Date Line.
Trier, Germany
The birthplace of Karl Marx is now a museum dedicated to the communist revolutionary's life and work.
Sudogda, Russia
Abandoned castle was once a grand example of Russian privilege, built exclusively to win a frivolous bet between noblemen.