Johns Island, South Carolina
The Angel Oak
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
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Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
Portland, Oregon
Portlandia is the second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Big Pool, Maryland
A star fort along the C&O Canal in western Maryland that protected America in three wars.
Oldtown, Maryland
Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.
Salisbury, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's highest point is spotted with boulders which were pushed to the surface by nothing but cold.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
Scotland, Maryland
This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.
Lusby, Maryland
Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.
Cape May, New Jersey
World War II bunker still standing on the New Jersey beach.
Key West, Florida
A historic presidential getaway on the continental United States' southernmost island.
Key West, Florida
The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.
Cardiff, Wales
Recently restored menagerie of Victorian-era beasts.
Kotor, Montenegro
These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.
Elbasan County, Albania
Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.
Tirana, Albania
An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.
Athens, Greece
This ancient Greek place of assembly and marketplace is being revealed layer by layer below the modern Athens cityscape.
Athens, Greece
Where commuters walk through remnants of an ancient Greek necropolis.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Flanders, New York
A former poultry store that looks like a giant duck and is one of the "seven wonders" of Long Island.
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.
Naftah, Tunisia
Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.
Stromboli, Italy
A volcanic old faithful, Stromboli has been erupting continuously for the last 2000 years.