Virginia City, Nevada
Ponderosa Saloon
Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.
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Virginia City, Nevada
Beneath a Virginia City bar is the entrance to an abandoned gold mine.
Accra, Ghana
This grounded passenger jet is now a restaurant, complete with rows of seats and “flight attendant” servers.
San Jose, California
The largest permanent Monopoly board makes one of the longest games even bigger.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.
Arizona
This ancient trail has claimed the lives of over 2,000 people.
New York, New York
A controversial magical figure is hidden within a diorama of the city.
New York, New York
This Wall Street bar was once a hub of revolutionary activity where Washington famously bid farewell to his troops.
New York, New York
This tiny store is your one-stop shop for all sorts of rare and wonderful buttons.
Burlingame, California
A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.
Trona, California
One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.
Podgorica, Montenegro
This virtually windowless mass of smooth concrete is the only Catholic church in the city.
San Francisco, California
The sole surviving relic of the San Francisco neighborhood cobbled together from old horsecars and streetcars.
Queens, New York
A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.
Payson, Arizona
A partial tunnel blasted into a steep ridge is all that remains of a failed railway across Arizona.
Baker, California
No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Albany, New York
A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.
Parksville, New York
This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.
Gravesend, England
The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.
Hanover, Germany
The mass grave of the 27 victims of the "Vampire of Hanover."
Detroit, Michigan
This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.
Nassau, Bahamas
This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.
Chicago, Illinois
An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.
Port Renfrew, British Columbia
Saved by a logger, this Douglas fir is one of the last great old-growth trees in Canada.
Tokyo, Japan
The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.