Deerfield, Massachusetts
The Rock and Fossil and Dinosaur Shop
This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.
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Deerfield, Massachusetts
This roadside attraction attracts kids with dinosaurs before blindsiding them with geology.
Sangtoli, India
A centuries-old lookout post still sits atop a natural stone spire.
Bloomington, Indiana
If astronomy had a ghost, it would look like this observatory.
Wentworth Point, Australia
Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.
Mount Hamilton, California
The world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory continues to report on the stars.
Nanticoke, Pennsylvania
Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.
Davis, California
This museum boasts the ninth-largest collection of insects in North America.
London, England
The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.
Banos, Ecuador
A swing to dangle you off the very edge.
Saskatchewan
Two provinces and two territories touch borders deep in the middle of the wilderness.
West Rand, South Africa
Caves that can't seem to quit producing the remains of prehistoric humans.
Ilidža, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This museum preserves the hand-dug tunnel that kept Sarajevo afloat during the Serbian siege.
Wendover, Utah
Come for the speed, leave in love with the desert.
Oslo, Norway
Tens of thousands of tiny bottles stuffed with various items.
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
Stratford, Connecticut
The intriguing personal collection of a professional demon-chaser.
Brooklyn, New York
Enormous one time fiber mill now houses local artists and small businesses.
Queens, New York
Offbeat arts organization that hosts exhibitions, events, and explorations.
Brooklyn, New York
Abandoned power station once home to a squatter community, now being developed into an arts center.
Brooklyn, New York
The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.
New York, New York
New York's oldest magic store.
Stamford, Connecticut
An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.
Clifton, New Jersey
Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.
New York, New York
This was one of the first (and last) university-built and operated nuclear reactors.