Wellington, New Zealand
Colossal Squid
The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.
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Wellington, New Zealand
The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.
Antonito, Colorado
The childhood home of Henry Jones Jr. is now an adventure-themed bed and breakfast.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.
Cañon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Denver, Colorado
Once a mortuary that held the remains of Buffalo Bill, this Denver hotspot is now a death-fixated restaurant.
Denver, Colorado
A technicolor place of worship for Elevationists.
Estes Park, Colorado
Paranormal experiences in this hotel's room 217 led Stephen King to write "The Shining."
Amado, Arizona
This giant steer-skull edifice refuses to die.
Lake Havasu City, Arizona
This immigrant bridge once spanned the Thames but is now a fixture of an Arizona city.
Green Valley, Arizona
America's only nuclear missile silo open to the public.
Dallas, Texas
This collection of bronze hands comes from astronauts, presidents, baseball greats, and more.
Đồng Văn, Vietnam
This striking landscape in northern Vietnam contains both geological and archaeological wonders.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.
Da Nang, Vietnam
This Vietnamese hell cave lets visitors take a walk through a devilish underworld full of demons.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.
Da Nang, Vietnam
This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.
Xuân Trạch, Vietnam
World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.
Côn Đảo, Vietnam
The wartime prison now features haunting sculpted reenactments of the atrocities that took place there.
Dalat, Vietnam
Fowl, love and death in Vietnam.
Huế, Vietnam
Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.
Hanoi, Vietnam
The notorious "Hanoi Hilton" where Vietnamese colonial subjects and later American POWs, including John McCain, were imprisoned.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Monument to a brutal, ineffectual US bombing campaign and a sobering reminder of the human cost of the Vietnam War.
Việt Hưng, Vietnam
This tiny Vietnamese village is known for eating snakes and serving their still-beating hearts in shots of vodka.