Waipu, New Zealand
Waipu Caves
A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.
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Waipu, New Zealand
A galaxy of glowworms—larvae of a gnat—hides deep in the belly of these caves.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
London, England
Black cat statues guard this temple-like Egyptian revival factory.
Carbon County, Utah
Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.
Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt
An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.
Hegra, Saudi Arabia
More than 100 monumental tombs carved into rock are preserved at this ancient Nabataean site in the Arabian Desert.
Hegra, Saudi Arabia
An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.
Huntsville, Alabama
This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico
A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.
Guanajuato, Mexico
Kitschy horror displays now fill the house where some very real serial killing took place.
Guanajuato, Mexico
Peaceful gardens hide an underground torture museum.
Barranca, Mexico
Legend has it thieves once stashed their treasures in this crater in the Mexican desert.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A little piece of Paris in the sultry south of the U.S.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 19th-century shrine covered with prosthetic body parts as votive offerings.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.
High Point, North Carolina
A six-foot pair of socks hangs from a drawer of the world's largest bureau.
San Francisco, California
The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.
Old Station, California
Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.
St. Louis, Missouri
A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.
Antarctica
Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.
Inyo County, California
An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.
Odessa, Texas
A collection of massive stacked rocks in Texas includes a snarky note on the benefits of modern technology.