Beacon, New York
Dennings Point Ruins
This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.
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Beacon, New York
This abandoned factory on the Hudson River once churned out a million bricks a week.
Beacon, New York
This abandoned cemetery is crumbling into ruin, exposing the artifacts and bodies buried there.
Selçuk, Turkey
The ancient latrines of the Greeks, in all their public glory.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.
London, England
The popularity of Sherlock Holmes led to the creation of his fictional address, turning the orderly London street numbers askew.
Budapest, Hungary
Possibly the world's largest hourglass only needs to be reset every New Year's Eve.
Ishinomaki, Japan
On Japan's Tashirojima Island, cats are king.
Devon Island, Nunavut
The closest thing to Mars on Earth.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Research missiles and rainbow auroras at the world's largest land-based rocket range.
Borgloon, Belgium
Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.
Peru
These giant mummies are set ominously into a Peruvian cliffside and topped with real human skulls.
Cape Charles, Virginia
Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.
Reading, Pennsylvania
A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.
Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Falkirk, Scotland
Old-fashioned knowledge and modern engineering create the world's only rotating boatlift.
Grangemouth, Scotland
The heads of two giant mythological water horses honor Scotland's horselord past.
Abergele, Wales
One of the world's oldest trees comes with a Welsh legend intertwining it with a spirit prophesying death.
Sturt Creek, Australia
A stray meteor left this picturesque hole in the Australian outback.
Thessaloniki, Greece
These ruins in Volvi were once at the intersection of the Eastern and Western Worlds.
Suches, Georgia
They call this long foot bridge a swinging bridge, but really it's the bouncing you have to watch out for.
Barcelona, Spain
This semi-secret storybook hedge maze is also the oldest garden in the city.
McLean, Virginia
The semi-reclaimed ruins of this canal were once part of an ambitious plan to reroute the mighty potomac.
Vienna, Virginia
An eccentric company offers eccentric millionaires the opportunity to have spaceflight-related experiences.