Kumistavi, Georgia
Prometheus Cave
This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.
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Kumistavi, Georgia
This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.
Spruce Creek, Pennsylvania
A soon-to-be-forgotten roadside spectacle loaded with local lore.
Georgia
The cave holds a spectacular array of stalactites and stalagmites, including one shaped like a giant human heart.
Hammondsport, New York
In the mid-19th century, an eight-sided house was the latest fad.
Newport, Rhode Island
A single light illuminates one man's overshadowed contributions to street lamp history.
Stanley, Falkland Islands
Where British troops serving on the remote islands paid tribute to their faraway hometowns.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
This plaque marks the spot where the first crossing guards helped get kids safely to school.
Athens, Greece
This once architecturally advanced housing complex is now a haven for squatters that still bears the scars of war.
Laconia, Greece
The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.
Lesbos Prefecture, Greece
The rocky remains of an ancient Greek forest.
Laconia, Greece
This town named for the ancient God of War is home to fewer than a thousand people, but it's the birthplace of the Greek Revolution.
Paleopoli, Greece
Temple complex that once housed the famous statue of Nike.
Lemnos, Greece
An alien landscape on the banks of the Aegean Sea.
Samos Prefecture, Greece
Cave on extinct volcano, once home to famous mathematician Pythagoras.
Mikonos, Greece
Replicas of Apollo's leonine stone guard cats still line a sacred row in Greece.
Laconia, Greece
A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.
Santorini, Greece
A Bronze age settlement on the Greek island of Santorini might have been the inspiration for Plato's Atlantis.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Anaheim, California
The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.
Boston, Massachusetts
The oldest working bell set in North America, the bells at Old North Church sat silent for their first four years in Massachusetts.
Garden Grove, California
Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.
Tustin, California
This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.
Colombo, Sri Lanka
This Sri Lankan cemetery is the final resting place of sci-fi legend Sir Arthur C. Clarke.
Colombo, Sri Lanka
The first and only planetarium in Sri Lanka.