Oakland, California
Bay Bridge Troll
A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.
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Oakland, California
A creepy steel gremlin has protected the Bay Bridge since 1989.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.
Gary, Indiana
This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Bronx, New York
The first "Hall of Fame" in America was designed by legendary Gilded Age architect Stanford White for what was then the NYU uptown campus.
New York, New York
A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.
Beacon, New York
Collapsing castle on the Hudson river was once the storage site of military surplus business.
London, England
One part local history, 99 parts gruesome haunted house.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Portland, Oregon
The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.
Portland, Oregon
The magic's in the hole!
Seattle, Washington
A giant Troll lurks under one of Seattle's oldest bridges.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Boston, Massachusetts
Beautiful steampunk ghosts of early Massachusetts.
Boston, Massachusetts
The world's largest piece of copyrighted artwork.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Berlin, Germany
The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Berlin, Germany
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Berlin, Germany
On the Spree bank, discover one of the last reminders of a symbolic wall that divided, and was torn down by the people.
Iceland
This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.
Reykjavik, Iceland
One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.
Jersey City, New Jersey
Hidden in plain sight on the Hudson River is an abandoned train station where nature has taken over.
New York, New York
Lie in a hammock where George Washington stood.