Outer Hebrides, Scotland
The Scarista Bus
A mysterious, weather-beaten bus lies on the coast of Harris, enticing the curious to investigate.
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Outer Hebrides, Scotland
A mysterious, weather-beaten bus lies on the coast of Harris, enticing the curious to investigate.
Clinton, Massachusetts
Once the largest gravity dam in the world.
Hunter, New York
This stave church nestled in the Catskills was built in the 1960s by a community of Ukrainian immigrants and refugees.
Rapid City, South Dakota
This replica stave church looks like a piece of Norway was simply plopped down in South Dakota.
Washington, Wisconsin
Vikings and Evangelicals have both had a hand in this replica medieval church.
Bloomingdale, Indiana
The overgrown remains of one of the premier auto-racing speedways in the Midwest—and also one of the most deadly.
Midland, Michigan
This unusual three-way wooden foot bridge spans two rivers at once.
Kansas City, Missouri
The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.
Murmansk, Russia
The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.
Foresta, Italy
A trail of footprints discovered after a landslide was left not by the Devil, as originally believed, but by an early human ancestor.
Vaiaku, Tuvalu
With only one flight in and out a week, the unfenced runway at this small island's airport transforms into a seaside park for locals and visitors.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This New Orleans boutique and nursery specializes in rare flora, with a focus on carnivorous plants.
Twin Falls, Idaho
Where the famed daredevil attempted to launch himself across a canyon in a custom-built rocket.
Shreveport, Louisiana
From a supper club to a gay bar to an HBO shooting location, this 125-year-old Victorian mansion has lived many lives.
Union, Illinois
At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.
Šibenik, Croatia
This unique structure allowed boats to bypass underwater mine barriers in the channel to enter the harbor.
Birmingham, Alabama
A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.
Beijing, China
Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?
Rajsamand, India
The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.
Nienhagen, Germany
Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.
Wall, South Dakota
One of the first intercontinental ballistic missile sites in the United States.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
An impressive piece of infrastructure that seems outsized when considering it serves an island with a population of less than 300.
Stirling, Scotland
This pyramid is dedicated to all those who suffered martyrdom for civil and religious liberty in Scotland.