Monteverde, Costa Rica
El Arbol Hueco
A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.
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Monteverde, Costa Rica
A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.
Costa Rica
This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.
Nicaragua
The youngest volcano in Central America.
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
The oldest colonial fortress in the Americas was once the home and later prison of Christopher Columbus.
Juraguá, Cuba
A nuclear power plant abandoned along with an international allegience.
Salcoatitán, El Salvador
A legendary tree towers within its own vibrant sanctuary.
Honduras
This incredibly diverse research station is one of the largest tropical botanical gardens in the world.
Cobán, Guatemala
This orchid sanctuary protects countless varieties of the flower, from the huge to the microscopic.
Graniteville, Vermont
Tour the world's largest deep-hole dimension granite quarry, where you can view the plant where gravestones are made and roll a ball down the outdoor granite bowling alley.
Keene, New Hampshire
A recreated sign from the movie Jumanji has become a makeshift tribute to the film's late star.
Hebron, New Hampshire
This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.
Bristol, Rhode Island
The exact whereabouts of this surreal cabinet of curiosities are rarely the same place twice.
Providence, Rhode Island
Last residence of H.P. Lovecraft featured in his story "The Haunter of the Dark."
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Three prestigious academic collections come together to create a world-class natural history museum.
Boston, Massachusetts
This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Stamford, Connecticut
An Escher-inspired library dedicated to the wonders of the human mind, yet closed to the public.
Hartford, Connecticut
A wunderkammer hidden on the top floor of the Hartford statehouse.
New York, New York
Mysterious 500-year-old tapestries depict a unicorn hunt.
Summit, New Jersey
An enormous overgrown greenhouse teeming with graffiti and wildlife.
Hellam, Pennsylvania
Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
An abandoned cemetery lies in ruins as the surrounding forest swallows it whole.
Wilmington, Delaware
Enchanting gardens surround a derelict mansion, all hidden in plain sight behind a stone wall.
Havre de Grace, Maryland
Fiji mermaids, mummified remains, and recreated cryptids are among the morbid oddities at this Maryland museum.