Galway, Ireland
Dun Aonghasa
An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.
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Galway, Ireland
An Iron Age fort on the edge of a seaside cliff offers a glimpse into an ancient, mystical world.
London, England
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.
Rimrock, Arizona
The largest and most well-preserved petroglyph site in the Verde Valley.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas's very own 40-foot-tall fire-spewing praying mantis.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Back in 1952, you could get a mushroom cloud chaser with your atomic cocktail.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Seattle, Washington
The first park built over a freeway is a brutalist masterwork.
Quincy, Washington
This metallic stampede sits frozen on a Washington ridge yet the artist's vision is still incomplete.
Seattle, Washington
An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.
Seattle, Washington
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Leavenworth, Washington
One small town in the Pacific Northwest transformed itself into a Bavarian-themed tourist destination.
North Bend, Washington
Twin Peaks' real life Double R Diner has been restored to its damn fine television look.
Forks, Washington
Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Berlin, Germany
The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.
Edinburgh, Scotland
These tiny effigies are believed to represent victims of Edinburgh’s notorious Anatomy Murders.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.
Batavia, Illinois
World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.
London, England
Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
Austin, Texas
Austin’s nonprofit-run graffiti park where street art is meant to be painted over.
Austin, Texas
A store full of vintage and indie toys designed to bring out the kid in even the crustiest of adults.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.