Phoenix, Arizona
Yayoi Kusama Firefly Infinity Mirror Room
The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.
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Phoenix, Arizona
The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.
Lovell, Wyoming
Native Americans built this circle of stones, which was used to predict astronomical events.
Cody, Wyoming
One man's ambition created this psychedelic log home.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Polson, Montana
With over 340,000 artifacts and counting, there is something for everyone, often called the "Smithsonian of the West."
Aspen, Colorado
Silver in the hills led to the speedy creation of this boom town and a lack of it saw the town abandoned nearly as quickly.
Groom Lake, Nevada
In the middle of an extremely unforgiving and desolate high desert is the most secret military facility in the world.
Arco, Idaho
The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.
Sri Lanka
One of the few places where inexperienced snorkelers can spot a shark.
Booluvampatti, India
The world's largest bust sculpture celebrates the Hindu deity, Shiva.
Bommayapalayam, India
This experimental utopian "city of the future" in rural India may hold a dark secret.
Williams, Oregon
A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.
Lord Howe Island, Australia
In a strange timezone anomaly, Daylight Saving Time here sets the clocks forward just 30 minutes.
Surfers Paradise, Australia
The largest wax museum in the southern hemisphere features a grizzly chamber of horrors.
Fraser Island, Australia
WWI hospital ship lost in a cyclone turns up on the coast of Fraser Island, where she remains rusted and forgotten.
North Coogee, Australia
This drowning bronze monument marks the spot where one of Australia's great engineers died by suicide.
Vaadhoo, Maldives
Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.
Oudtshoorn, South Africa
Largest cave system in Africa.
Mossel Bay, South Africa
South Africa's postal service began with a letter left in a boot beneath this tree.
Cape Town, South Africa
This African beach is home to thousands of rare mainland penguins that are known for their annoying voice.
Afar Zone 2, Ethiopia
The hottest place on the planet.
Aksum, Ethiopia
Supposedly this Ethiopian chapel holds the Ark of the Covenant, guarded by virgins who cannot leave the building.
Jinja, Uganda
A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."
Serenje, Zambia
Zambia's smallest national park is home to one of the world's largest annual mammal migrations.