White Pine County, Nevada
Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park
These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.
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White Pine County, Nevada
These huge stone ovens in the desert fueled the Nevada silver boom, and may have also been a hideout for outlaws.
Ruth, Nevada
Rich red almandine gemstones are waiting inside the volcanic rock strewn across this eastern Nevada hillside.
Hiko, Nevada
Michael Heizer's masterwork in the Nevada Basin.
Tonopah, Nevada
There's nothing creepier than a cemetery next to a clown motel.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Tonopah, Nevada
An errant donkey ushered in a new era of mining in Nevada.
Austin, Nevada
This railroad magnate's 19th century tower is more than a little bit out of place in the Nevada desert.
White Pine County, Nevada
A Nevada mining boomtown that ran out of silver and luck.
Austin, Nevada
Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.
Tonopah, Nevada
This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.
Austin, Nevada
This central Nevada cave is the spiritual home of ancient and enigmatic pictographs.
London, England
The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.
Yokohama, Japan
This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.
Kingsand, England
Half-eaten food on display at an English café.
Montrichard Val de Cher, France
Miles of man-made caves and tunnels are currently used for cultivating mushrooms.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."
Rigaud, Québec
This shack nestled in a 120-acre forest of maple trees in Mont-Rigaud is a wonderland of sugary syrup.
Totnes, England
Once a year a small English town gets together to chase oranges down a steep hill in honor of a legendary accident.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
The past, present, and future of Russia's signature alcohol is remembered in the world's only museum dedicated to the starchy spirit.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The largest bottled beer collection in the world holds over 22,000 unique beer bottles.
Manchester, England
A giant wooden soda bottle pays homage to a distinctly British drink on the very spot where it was invented.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.
Heidelberg, Germany
Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.