Tucson, Arizona
Campbell Bat Bridge
A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats live under the bridge and take flight at sundown all summer long.
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Tucson, Arizona
A colony of Mexican free-tailed bats live under the bridge and take flight at sundown all summer long.
Corinne, Utah
This now-abandoned part of the original transcontinental railroad route provides a surreal driving and historical experience.
Garrison, Utah
This prehistoric karst cave is situated near a working ranch and historic warm springs.
Orderville, Utah
Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.
Penrose, Colorado
The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.
Montrose, Colorado
A dangerous narrow-gauge railroad once traced a route through this striking canyon.
Ouray, Colorado
A glimpse of a waterfall is reached by a steel catwalk along a slot canyon located in an Ouray city park.
Grand Junction, Colorado
This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.
Westcliffe, Colorado
Located in the world's highest-altitude Dark Sky Community, this observatory welcomes amateur and professional astronomers alike.
Sedalia, Colorado
This Colorado fire station has been in continuous operation for more than a century.
Silver Plume, Colorado
The remnants of a 1970 plane crash remain high in the Rocky Mountains.
Denver, Colorado
A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.
Morrison, Colorado
See 150 million-year-old dinosaur tracks and bones dating back to the Jurassic period.
Clare, Ireland
This controversial Irish show cave is home to a massive formation known as the Great Stalactite.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.
Kilkenny, Ireland
Once the longest bridge in Ireland, this rusting span sits abandoned and overrun by nature.
Sligo, Ireland
The remains of this deep, dark mine have left behind a haunting rocky warren of tunnels.
Athenry, Ireland
Ruins battered by centuries of war and disaster offer a wondrous glimpse of medieval Ireland.
Stamullen, Ireland
An ancient chamber filled with wonderful rock art and a Neolithic carving of a human face.
Carlingford, Ireland
The home of Ireland's last leprechauns is officially protected by the European Union.
Cashel, Ireland
The ruins of a medieval monastery named after a type of tree.
County Donegal, Ireland
Ireland's most northerly island is hauntingly beautiful. Its lighthouse was the last glimpse of home for many Irish emigrants bound for the U.S.
Mayo, Ireland
When the tide is high, you can see the Atlantic pushing up through a deep, jagged hole in the rock.
Churchtown, Ireland
One of the oldest lighthouses in the world, this structure was built more than 800 years ago.