Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's Oldest Operating Theater
In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
In the early 1800s, surgery was also a show.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Houston, Texas
The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.
Sierksdorf, Germany
A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.
Berlin, Germany
A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.
Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany
Horrifically creative torture devices and shame punishments line the walls of this chilling museum.
Heidelberg, Germany
The jaw of one of humankind's earliest ancestors on display at an overlooked geology museum.
Bamberg, Germany
A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.
Hettingen, Germany
Opulent period costumes and murals lead you on a journey through fashion history.
Mühltal, Germany
The birthplace of an eccentric alchemist and possible inspiration for the fictional reanimator of monsters.
Berlin, Germany
A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.
Schwangau, Germany
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
Berlin, Germany
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Erfurt, Germany
This historic stone bridge has an entire neighborhood clinging to its sides.
Hitachinaka, Japan
Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Klevan, Ukraine
This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.
Iceland
Rising from the sea like a stone monster.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Speers, Saskatchewan
The Twisted Trees of Alticane are an unnerving grove of Quaking Aspen, apparently mutated from a single source, giving them a twisted and unnatural appearance.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
Saty, Kazakhstan
Submerged trees jut ghost-like out of an idyllic turquoise mountain lake.