Menchum, Cameroon
Lake Nyos
Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.
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Menchum, Cameroon
Deadliest lake in the world suffocated over 1,746 people in one night.
Noasca, Italy
This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.
Milluni, Bolivia
The world’s highest ski resort was deserted after an 18,000-year-old glacier melted away.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's first zoo for microbes collecting the horrible and wonderful things living on and around us.
Sonoma, California
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
Syracuse, New York
A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.
Detroit, Michigan
This feline raises a friendly paw at drivers barreling toward the freeway.
Cincinnati, Ohio
This collection of Japanese luck idols beckons visitors with over 2,000 waving paws.
Oldtown, Maryland
Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.
Dublin, Ireland
The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.
Moscow, Russia
Stalinist skyscraper built with help of cryotechnology.
Dobbs Ferry, New York
This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Fort Meade, Maryland
A priceless collection of the Nation's cryptologic history.
Puri, India
This 11th-century temple gave rise to the word "juggernaut," as well as some mysteries that defy scientific explanation.
San Diego, California
Behind this beachfront shop lies a spectacular, colorful sea cave with an equally colorful past.
Tsu, Japan
A lesser-known sister to Paris's world-famous museum, located within a Buddhist sculpture paradise.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Decades' worth of lost and forgotten objects make up the collection of this tantalizingly odd little museum.
Rochester Hills, Michigan
A historic cider mill still using time-tested techniques.
Gillette, Wyoming
The rockpile was the founding landmark for the town of Gillette, and is now the home of the region's history.
Millers Point, Australia
This historic observatory contains the world's oldest refracting lens telescope.
Sydney, Australia
In the shadow of the Sydney Opera House, Indigenous ingredients shine.