Ibsheway, Egypt
Wadi al-Hitan (Valley of the Whales)
Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.
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Ibsheway, Egypt
Egyptian treasure trove of fossils documenting the whale's transition from land mammal to sea creature.
Bodfish, California
This ramshackle ghost town is comprised of mining-era buildings collected from around the region.
Corsham, England
Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.
Creede, Colorado
This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.
Brooklyn, New York
Residents of this Brooklyn neighborhood may be unaware their houses sit atop a buried trolley graveyard.
Barcelona, Spain
A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.
Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona's historic 19th-century sewers, whose foundations were laid in medieval times, are open to the public for exploring.
Verul, India
This complex of vertically-excavated Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu monolithic temples in India's Maharashtra providence illustrates a spirit of tolerance characteristic of ancient India.
London, England
A Roman spa buried deep beneath the City of London.
London, England
This hidden green space is the city's second largest conservatory.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Tintagel, England
A fantastic castle rumored to be the birthplace of King Arthur.
Munich, Germany
Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
Zinnowitz, Germany
An elevator into the Baltic Sea.
Rome, Italy
The underground sanctuary of a mysterious ancient cult.
Naples, Italy
These "anatomical machines" are only one of the many strange items in this Italian crypt.
Montignac, France
Ancient paintings known as the "Sistine Chapel of Cave Art."
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Springfield, Missouri
The show pony of cave systems, Fantastic Caverns manages to live up to its name.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Bonne Terre, Missouri
The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.
Heraklion, Greece
This famous archeological mystery may be an ancient example of movable type.
Athens, Greece
This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.