Grant, Oregon
Honey Mushroom: The Humongous Fungus
This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.
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Grant, Oregon
This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.
Sisters, Oregon
This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.
Mazirbe, Latvia
These abandoned vessels are destined to be reclaimed by the forest.
Phoenix, Arizona
Open since 1938, this diner has kept its fountain, malt machine, and all the gum that greasers left beneath its counter.
Phoenix, Arizona
A museum and tribute to a brave profession.
Oracle, Arizona
A reproduction of earth's many biomes.
Paris, France
How did a French journalist’s grave become the sexiest statue in the cemetery?
Paris, France
Indents in the pavement are all that remain from a grisly death machine in Paris.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Paris, France
Stripes of human ashes cover a back lawn in the most sought-after burial grounds in Paris.
Quartzsite, Arizona
The shop's owner has spent decades in the desert wearing nothing but a strategically placed sock.
Los Angeles, California
The words of the neighborhood's most famous poets adorn four concrete walls.
Los Angeles, California
After starting as a whimsical tourist attraction that eventually found its way to ruin, these renovated canals offer a lush and exotic locale on the Pacific Coast.
LaCrosse, Washington
An obscure waterfall that looks like something out of a fantasy novel.
Flagstaff, Arizona
A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.
Lido, Italy
Armenian monks at an island monastery in the Venetian Lagoon make a rare rose petal jam.
La Vega, Dominican Republic
Largest pre-Lent festival in the Dominican Republic.
Sosúa, Dominican Republic
An eccentric German artist built this weird and wondrous castle packed with shocking sculptures and alien art.
Amanlis, France
An enchanting work of outsider art, full of whimsical sculptures and carvings.
North Charleston, South Carolina
This recently rediscovered Civil War-era submarine was the first to ever sink an enemy ship.
Olanta, South Carolina
This natural wonderland is a unique chance to explore a Carolina bay, a mysterious geological formation of unknown origin.
New York, New York
This nostalgic blast from the grooming past is also a working barbershop.
New York, New York
A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.
Quartzsite, Arizona
This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.