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Brave Men's bridge is 300m long

Yueyang, China

Haohan Qiao — "Brave Men's Bridge"

At nearly 1,000 feet long, this astonishing glass suspension bridge is one of the longest in the world.

The newest glass bridge in Zhangjiajie Park.

Zhangjiajie, China

Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.

Aerial view of tourists walking on the 100-meter-long and 1.6-meter-wide glass skywalk clung the cliff of Tianmen Mountain

Xingtai Shi, China

East Taihang Glasswalk

This terrifying glass bridge on the side of a mountain cracks as you step on it.

The Inca Bridge, a backdoor to Machu Picchu.

Aguas Calientes, Peru

Inca Bridge

A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.

Looking up the pass. The trestle seems a lot narrower than it is.

Winter Park, Colorado

Devil's Slide Trestles

These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.

One of the many floors of spinning machines

Lonaconing, Maryland

Klotz Throwing Company

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.

Fick Fossil and History Museum

Oakley, Kansas

Fick Fossil and History Museum

This small museum contains fossils from an era when Kansas was underwater.

Castle Rock Badlands

Quinter, Kansas

Castle Rock Badlands

These otherworldly limestone formations jut out from the Kansas prairie.

Monument Rocks

Oakley, Kansas

Monument Rocks

One of the Eight Wonders of Kansas and the first official National Natural Monument these stark formations look like nature's Stonehenge.

Thunderhead Underground Falls
Permanently Closed

Rapid City, South Dakota

Thunderhead Underground Falls

A waterfall 600 ft. inside a mountain, once the bane of gold miners, is now a spectacle of nature.

Traps at low tide.

Canoa, Ecuador

Corrales Marinos de Monkey Beach

These unusual stone structures are actually fish traps crafted by an ancient civilization.

Laguna Quilotoa

Ecuador

Laguna Quilotoa

A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.

(WikiCommons)

Ambato Canton, Ecuador

Chimborazo

Massive volcano in the Andes is the farthest point from earth's center.

Blue-footed booby.

Ecuador

Isla de la Plata

This small uninhabited island offers Galapagos-like biodiversity.

A Lycian rock tomb.

Fethiye, Turkey

Lycian Rock Tombs

These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.

Yanartaş

Turkey

Yanartaş

Flames have been burning within this mountain for more than 2,500 years.

(Flickr/goldlionpics)

Kemer, Turkey

Olympos Coastal National Park (Çıralı)

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.

Myra Necropolis

Demre, Turkey

Myra Necropolis

A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.

Symi Harbour

Livadia, Greece

Symi Harbour

This secret coastal village is studded with pastel-colored houses all piled on top of one another.

Lower Bay Station

Toronto, Ontario

Lower Bay Station

Lost subway station nestled beneath Toronto's busy commuter line.

Glasnevin Cemetery and Museum

Dublin, Ireland

Glasnevin Cemetery and Museum

This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.

The statue of Wolfe Tone.

Dublin, Ireland

Wolfe Tone Statue

An enigmatic monument to the Irish revolutionary who plotted an uprising against British rule.

Fr. Pat Noise plaque, O'Connell Bridge

Dublin, Ireland

Fr. Pat Noise Memorial Plaque

A mysterious plaque to the even more mysterious "Fr. Pat Noise," killed in "suspicious circumstances."

 Samuel Beckett Bridge.

Dublin, Ireland

Samuel Beckett Bridge

Dublin's most modern, visually spectacular bridge is modeled after Ireland's national emblem.

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