Bodio, Switzerland
Gotthard Base Tunnel
The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.
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Bodio, Switzerland
The world's longest and deepest train tunnel.
Brooklyn, New York
Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
A larger-than-life statue of America's favorite sundae marks the place it was invented.
Washington, D.C.
There's an old indoor swimming pool hidden directly underneath the White House Press Briefing Room.
Milford Sound, New Zealand
Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.
Hildesheim, Germany
The world's oldest rose is so tough it survived being bombed in World War II.
Antarctica
These giant volcano sponges in Antarctica are thought to be the world's oldest living animal, at 15,000 years old.
Waipoua Forest, New Zealand
Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.
Ano Vouves, Greece
The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.
Abergele, Wales
One of the world's oldest trees comes with a Welsh legend intertwining it with a spirit prophesying death.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.
Gland, Switzerland
This long line of cement defensive wedges is named after the famous chocolate bar for obvious reasons.
Fortingall, Scotland
Possibly the oldest living thing in Europe, more likely a pagan survivor.
Duiwelskloof, South Africa
A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.
Baker, Nevada
This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.
Big Pine, California
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.
Grant, Oregon
This massive mushroom has spent centuries eating its way across a huge swath of Oregon.
Lucerne Valley, California
A ring of creosote bushes that are estimated to be 11,700 years old.
Richfield, Utah
One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
Vevey, Switzerland
At 929 pounds and 26 feet tall, this stainless steel fork can only be used by the likes of King Kong.
An Hải, Vietnam
Home to what locals claim is the largest whale skeleton in Southeast Asia, which is worshiped yearly.
Athens, Greece
150 or so scrounged-up lamps, chandeliers, and lanterns light up this alley in central Athens.
Oslo, Norway
One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.
Barnet, Vermont
The place where the great marine explorer first learned to work underwater is not where you'd expect.