Helena, Montana
Guardian of the Gulch
The old fire tower is one of the last of its kind in the United States.
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Helena, Montana
The old fire tower is one of the last of its kind in the United States.
Catcliffe, England
The oldest surviving glass furnace cone in Western Europe.
Cartagena, Colombia
A cozy bookstore and coffee shop in the heart of Cartagena's Old City.
Baker, Nevada
A whimsical, punny collection of "fence art" outside the tiny mountain town of Baker, Nevada.
Zakho, Iraq
This ancient stone bridge is a hub for daredevils.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.
Moundville, Alabama
A collection of huge Pre-Colombian structures in Alabama.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
These ruins are all that's left of the former Alabama State Capitol.
Sheffield, England
In the ancient Woolley Woods, an art project promises access to new worlds.
An Hải, Vietnam
Home to what locals claim is the largest whale skeleton in Southeast Asia, which is worshiped yearly.
Lauterbrunnen, Switzerland
A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.
Tandjouare, Togo
Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.
El Paso, Texas
The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.
Mauritania
A geological bull's-eye visible from outer space.
Choum, Mauritania
Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.
Orleans, Massachusetts
Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Travel through the hidden underbelly of the city in colorful tunnels filled with art and history exhibits.
Binz, Germany
A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.
Innsbruck, Austria
Archduke Ferdinand II's collection of rare objects is considered one of the oldest museums in the world.
Oranienburg, Germany
A crumbling bakery where forced laborers from the nearby concentration camp toiled to feed their fellow prisoners and Nazi soldiers.
Meybod, Iran
Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.
Ober Neustift, Austria
A pyramid in Central Europe of unknown origin.
Peru
An abandoned Incan construction project left behind a mysterious "doorway."
Comunidad Challapampa, Bolivia
Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.