Sidoarjo, Indonesia
The Sidoarjo Mud Volcano
A mud volcano in Indonesia spews out 50,000 cubic meters of mud every day.
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Sidoarjo, Indonesia
A mud volcano in Indonesia spews out 50,000 cubic meters of mud every day.
Paris, France
Abandoned railway line circling the city of Paris.
Isla Vista, California
360-degree virtual reality chamber physically immerses scientists into their data.
Baturiti, Indonesia
This tiny lake temple dedicated to a water goddess seems to float on the surface.
Banyuputih, Indonesia
Think you have a tough job? Try carrying 200 kilos through a cloud of sulfur down the side of a volcano.
Kelimutu, Indonesia
Three wildly colorful calderas top this otherworldly volcano chain.
Fresno, California
An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.
Bodfish, California
One of the last free public hot springs is decorated with hippie art.
Daggett, California
Decommissioned experimental solar facilities that pioneered solar energy technology.
Calipatria, California
Huge otherworldly domed rocks on the shore of a deadly lake.
Calipatria, California
Burping, gurgling geothermal mud pots by the Salton Sea.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Mecca, California
A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.
San Francisco, California
A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.
Pacifica, California
Another of California's unused Cold War missile defense complexes has become a graffiti gallery.
Doyle, California
One of the largest fleets of armored vehicles in the world, sitting out in the California desert.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Apia, Samoa
The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.
Bourtange, Netherlands
This beautifully designed star-shaped fort was the premier defense system of the late 1500s.
Graz, Austria
The shell of a medieval fortress offers commanding views of the area it once protected.
Põhja-Tallinna, Estonia
A former imperial sea-fortress and Soviet prison.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's first nuclear reactor, R1, can be visited 25 meters underground.
Averøy, Norway
A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A scale model of Russia so big visitors are offered binoculars to rent so they can see the whole thing.