Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
Chinhoyi Caves
The stunningly blue waters of these beautiful caves also have a violent past.
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Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
The stunningly blue waters of these beautiful caves also have a violent past.
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
This beach pool offers a spectacle of crashing waves, blue hues, and a historical lighthouse.
Utuado, Puerto Rico
Drift through underground caves on a tube.
Caguana, Puerto Rico
Built some 700 years ago, this Taíno ceremonial site features ball courts, petroglyphs, and evidence of ancient astronomy practices.
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
This limestone cave offers an incredible view of the Río Grande de Arecibo valley.
Stockholm, Sweden
A traveling Bronze Age sacrificial stone that was used to honor elves, fairies, and other woodland spirits.
Stockholm, Sweden
This railroad track was so secretive that it was omitted from all maps.
Humacao, Puerto Rico
This small primate research island is teeming with playing, fighting wild monkeys.
Vieques, Puerto Rico
On this Puerto Rican island, many abandoned naval ammunition bunkers sit open while a few have been padlocked by locals as personal storage.
Culebra, Puerto Rico
Rusting, graffiti-covered tanks litter the beach of this island, once used by the U.S. military for target practice.
Cavite City, Philippines
A man-made island designed to look like a massive battleship.
Nasugbu, Philippines
This Philippine island is dotted with (fake) Grecian ruins.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A replica of the straw hut where Vladimir Lenin lived in hiding, disguised as a hay farmer, in 1917.
Russia
A man-made island fort that has housed soldiers, scientists, and ravers.
Keoldale, Scotland
The farthest northwesterly point of the British mainland is one of the most remote places in the Scottish Highlands.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
A failed infrastructure project now owns this unique moniker.
Outer Hebrides, Scotland
This remote Scottish isle is only inhabited by seals, birds, and the memory of a tragic settlement.
Hatteras, North Carolina
This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.
Isle of Barra, Scotland
This beach runway is off limits during high tide.
Isle of Barra, Scotland
The highest lighthouse in Scotland shines from an abandoned island.
Osgood, Indiana
The last example of an innovative piece of surveying equipment now stands in its inventor's hometown.
Skopje, North Macedonia
A solar-powered primary school inspires hope and experimentation in a country ripe for energy innovation.
Štrpce, Kosovo
As of 2022, the 124 rooms of Kosovo ski resort remain empty.