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Waiānuenue (Rainbow Falls).

Hilo, Hawaii

Waiānuenue (Rainbow Falls)

This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.

Kaumana Lava Tubes

Hilo, Hawaii

Kaumana Lava Tubes

Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.

Pu'u Kilea (Olowalu Petroglyphs)

Lahaina, Hawaii

Pu'u Kilea (Olowalu Petroglyphs)

Images chiseled into the basalt here date back an estimated 300 years.

Inside the train car.

Collingwood, Australia

Easey's

A train car sitting on a rooftop makes an unlikely and picturesque setting for dinner.

The 'Goodnight Moon' House (Cobble Court)

New York, New York

The 'Goodnight Moon' House (Cobble Court)

Hidden behind a gate in Greenwich Village is a little farmhouse that once served as the writing studio of a bestselling author.

Toledo Art Station of the Naples Metro.

Naples, Italy

Toledo Art Station

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

View of the hangar from the Pasquotank River.

Elizabeth City, North Carolina

Weeksville Airship Hangar

During World War II, blimps were a key part of the United States' defense against German U-boats—this building could house a dozen of the armed airships.

World's Largest Pistachio

Alamogordo, New Mexico

PistachioLand: World's Largest Pistachio

This is one really big nut.

Parque de la Papa

Chahuaytire, Peru

Parque de la Papa

A highland eco-park celebrates more than a thousand varieties of tuber.

Villa Romana e Antiquarium

Minori, Italy

Villa Romana e Antiquarium

A beautifully well-preserved ancient Roman villa.

Atrani

Atrani, Italy

Atrani

This seaside Italian village doesn't just look Escher-esque, it actually inspired the mind-bending artist.

The Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art

Brussels, Belgium

The Belgian Centre for Comic Strip Art

From Tintin to the Smurfs, Europe's greatest graphic icons are celebrated in a grand Art Noveau gallery.

The Little Boat in Antwerp.

Antwerp, Belgium

Het Bootje (The Little Boat)

The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.

“Pennies from Heaven.” 

Falls Church, Virginia

'Pennies from Heaven'

A whopping 14,000 copper coins cover this miniature fighter jet.

Westvleteren

Vleteren, Belgium

Westvleteren

Stocking up on the world's best beer requires a pilgrimage to a monastery drive-through.

Donut Hole

La Puente, California

Donut Hole

“It's the quality” (but probably also the drive-through donut tunnel) that has attracted diners since 1968.

Letelier-Moffitt Monument

Washington, D.C.

Letelier-Moffitt Monument

A diminutive memorial marks the site of a successful assassination by a right-wing death squad in America's capital.

The long-"lost" urn, in its new setting

Washington, D.C.

Cuban-American Friendship Urn

The only National Monument ever to go missing for nearly 50 years then resurface in a dump.

Cutaway watercolors of the present day dome

Washington, D.C.

Inside the Capitol Dome

The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.

A close-up of the saber tooth tiger.

Washington, D.C.

Glenwood Cemetery's Chainsaw Sculptures

The towering figures were created from the cemetery's fallen old-growth trees.

Daguerre Monument

Washington, D.C.

Daguerre Monument

Go take a picture with the inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process.

International Temple of the Order of the Eastern Star.

Washington, D.C.

International Temple of the Order of the Eastern Star

Obscure Freemasons still live in D.C.’s largest private residence.

The ruins.

Washington, D.C.

Ruins of the Columbian Cannon Foundry

These recently uncovered walls are all that's left of Washington, D.C's first defense contractor.

Kilroy Was Here.

Washington, D.C.

Kilroy Was Here

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

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