Yosemite National Park, California
Horsetail Fall's Firefall
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
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Yosemite National Park, California
Under the right circumstances, this waterfall in Yosemite briefly turns a luminescent fiery orange.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Los Angeles, California
It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.
New York, New York
Tucked in the back of this amazing antique store is an important piece of medical history.
Los Angeles, California
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
Spring Green, Wisconsin
A bizarre house filled with an astounding array of collections.
New York, New York
This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.
San Francisco, California
A 140-year-old castle with underground caves hidden in San Francisco.
Phoenix, Arizona
The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.
Los Angeles, California
Remants of foundations, streets, and streetcar tracks inhabit the cliffs where a landslide occurred in 1929.
Key West, Florida
These remote Florida islands have a history of sea turtles and sunken treasures, and one of the world’s largest coastal brick fortresses.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
New York, New York
This beautiful building in the heart of Manhattan's Financial District was empty for decades.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Supai, Arizona
This secluded aqua waterfall in the Grand Canyon is the perfect swimming hole, and the Havasupai tribe's fiercely protected natural wonder.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Coleford, England
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
Santa Fe, New Mexico
An immersive environment that is part haunted house, part choose-your-own-adventure, and part jungle gym.
Berlin, Germany
An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.