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Nimrochill

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Avid traveler of the USA, firm believer that you can find the coolest things and experiences by taking detours.

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Apatosaurus trackway

La Junta, Colorado

Picketwire Canyon Trackway

The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.

Valle dei Mulini

Sorrento, Italy

Valle dei Mulini (Valley of the Mills)

An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.

The Slash across mountains

United States / Canada

United States–Canada Border Slash

The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.

A photo in the main room at Queer Britain.

London, England

Queer Britain

A small museum that celebrates the history and culture of the LGBTQ community in England.

Swan View Tunnel

Hovea, Australia

Swan View Tunnel

This 1800s former railway tunnel is now part of a heritage walking trail.

11th-century Sunken Structure.

Dublin, Ireland

Aungier Street Lidl Archaeology

This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.

Longleat Maze and a viewing bridge

Warminster, England

Longleat Hedge Maze

The longest hedge maze in the world.

Rattlesnake Saloon

Tuscumbia, Alabama

Rattlesnake Saloon

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

Wide shot of the front; around where the students got picked up from detention and said their goodbyes.

Des Plaines, Illinois

Maine North High School

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

The lighthouse dates back to 1873.

Florida

Alligator Reef Lighthouse

This 140-year-old beacon off the Florida Keys marks the wreck of a Navy ship that once roamed the Caribbean hunting pirates.

The Bilio-Mat

Toronto, Ontario

The Monkey's Paw

A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.

Cosmic Campground

Mogollon, New Mexico

Cosmic Campground

This remote camping site offers incredible stargazing opportunities.

Pulpí Geode

Pulpí, Spain

Geoda de Pulpí (Pulpí Geode)

Peek into a cave of giant, glimmering crystals.

The notorious radioactive fountain.

Punta Gorda, Florida

Radioactive Fountain of Youth

Some believe Ponce de León's mystical spring lurks right under a public drinking fountain.

A plate of perfect beef momos.

Queens, New York

Amdo Kitchen

A former Tibetan monk made a name for himself selling some of the best beef momos in New York.

Grave of Caroline Walter

Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Grave of Caroline Walter

Flowers have mysteriously appeared on her effigy every day for the last 150 years.

The site is located at an elevation of over 3300 feet.

North Macedonia

Kokino Observatory

This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.

Goseck Circle.

Goseck, Germany

Goseck Circle

A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.

Callanish Standing Stones.

Callanish, Scotland

Callanish Stones

The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.

Standing stone with hole.

Sisian, Armenia

Zorats Karer

Called the "Armenian Stonehenge," this ring of menhirs pierced with holes may be a prehistoric astronomical observatory.

Andromeda galaxy over Radkan Tower.

Iran

Radkan Tower

A sophisticated astronomical tower built by one of the greatest Persian scholars of the Islamic Golden Age.

The observatory stands in ruin today.

Chichen Itza, Mexico

El Caracol

No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.

The ruins of Chetro Ketl in Chaco Canyon.

Nageezi, New Mexico

Chaco Culture National Historical Park

A phenomenal assembly of pueblos in New Mexico is the most complete example of ancient ruins north of the border.

Ulugh Beg Observatory.

Samarkand, Uzbekistan

Ulugh Beg Observatory

Light still pours into the ruins of this ancient Islamic observatory.

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