Paris, France
Père Lachaise Cemetery
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
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Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Groton, Connecticut
The kind of mixed-up place that drives archaeologists crazy.
Rosemarkie, Scotland
This lovely Scottish nature walk leads to the source of a local legend.
Glasgow, Scotland
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
Beauly, Scotland
After 800 years, Europe's oldest elm tree has met its end.
Middlefield, Connecticut
This petite park lets visitors see and touch examples of fossilized dinosaur tracks.
Rocky Hill, Connecticut
The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.
Holyoke, Massachusetts
A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Page, Arizona
These mid-century motels once housed the workers who built the Glen Canyon Dam.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Quartzsite, Arizona
This memorial pyramid marker honors one of the United States Government's first official camel riders.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.
Ballachulish, Scotland
The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Named for the 39 tribes that live in Oklahoma, this restaurant's menu deliciously highlights local flavors.
Charlemont, Massachusetts
A monument to the Mohawk people stands along an old Native American trade route.
Mountainair, New Mexico
The remains of Abó, Gran Quivera, and Qurai are monuments to the long, complicated history of the Indigenous people of the Southwest.
Jemez Springs, New Mexico
A strange sandstone formation in the middle of nowhere presents an interesting climbing opportunity.
Cañones, New Mexico
A flat-topped butte that makes a constant backdrop for Western art.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Its history includes dinosaur fossils, cattle rustlers, Georgia O'Keeffe, and a mythical giant rattlesnake named Vivaron.
Abiquiu, New Mexico
Natural sonic phenomenon comes with a grisly legend of murder and blood.
Pecos, New Mexico
Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.