Fort Collins, Colorado
The Giant in Spring Canyon Park
Pieces of a stone giant are embedded in the earth of this Colorado park's playground.
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Fort Collins, Colorado
Pieces of a stone giant are embedded in the earth of this Colorado park's playground.
Bucharest, Romania
The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.
Playa Blanca, Spain
A completely underwater art museum sends a stark message about humans' impact on the environment.
Hartford, Connecticut
This sculpture commemorates the first instance of an American president pardoning a turkey.
Southington, Connecticut
A journey through a curious collection of oddities and wonder.
Hartford, Connecticut
The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.
Hartford, Connecticut
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
Wilmington, North Carolina
Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
Bayfield, Prince Edward Island
This engineering marvel is the longest bridge in Canada and one of the longest spans in the world.
East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
Once home to Komodo dragons, this island dreamscape has a rare combination of white, pink, and black sand beaches.
East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
A sprawling nature preserve harbors the world's only living dragons.
Kuta Selatan, Indonesia
This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.
Ubud, Indonesia
Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.
Magelang, Indonesia
Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.
Surakarta, Indonesia
Annual street carnival celebrating Indonesian heritage.
Banyuputih, Indonesia
Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.
Singapore
This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Austin, Texas
Home to an endangered salamander, a full moon celebration, and a large spring-fed outdoor swimming pool.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Cashiers, North Carolina
This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?
Asheville, North Carolina
This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.
Conway, South Carolina
This tiny chapel next to a highway provides weary travelers a place to rest, pray, or maybe even get married.