Shoshone, Idaho
Shoshone Bird Museum of Natural History
Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.
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Shoshone, Idaho
Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.
Gothenburg, Sweden
This castle ruin in the middle of nowhere is a gem for wildlife enthusiasts.
Afton, Wyoming
This town is home to the world’s largest arch constructed entirely of elk antlers.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Two graffiti towers stand like ghosts of Vancouver's World War II-era defensive outpost.
Palo Alto, California
Guarded by the Angel of Grief, the Stanford family tomb attracts an odd mix of halloween revelry and somber contemplation.
Salzburg, Austria
This 19th century cyclorama acts like an analogue time machine to a different era.
Highland, Scotland
This rare surviving broch is one of Scotland's most impressive Bronze Age structures.
Paris, France
A short distance from the Eiffel Tower is the final resting place of several of the city’s more well-known and interesting characters.
Enterprise, Alabama
Monument to the cotton-destroying boll weevil.
San Jose, California
It is locally loved and ridiculed for literally looking like poop.
Minsterworth, England
This stretch of the River Severn where large waves flow against the current is the birthplace of river surfing.
Hamelin Bay, Australia
Incredible rock formations jut from the southern end of this spectacular stingray-viewing spot.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
This tiny train shuttles passengers to one of Northern Ireland's most spectacular sights.
West Dover, Nova Scotia
Eastern Canada's ocean playground.
Hamelin, Germany
The real life town from the Pied Piper of Hamelin has a mechanical puppet show that retells the famous story many times a day.
Washington, D.C.
A surprising, but overlooked example of geology in the middle of the nation’s capital.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The oldest active church in Pennsylvania is also the second oldest Swedish Church in the United States.
Ironbridge, England
This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.
Arouca, Portugal
One of the world’s longest pedestrian suspension bridges.
Thessaloniki, Greece
This field of half-buried stone crosses was the burial place of a sect of heretical gnostics.
Ennenda, Switzerland
The last woman executed for witchcraft in Europe is remembered in this Swiss museum.
Tonopah, Nevada
An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.
Saratoga Springs, New York
A beautiful multicolored mound formed by the mineral deposits of the Orenda Spring.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A series of three shiny letters mark the boundary of an old refuge for those being pursued by debt collectors.