New York, New York
New York Federal Gold Vault
More gold than anywhere else, ever.
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Zhangzhou, China
Fujian Tulou Cluster
Walled family complexes in Southern China.
San Francisco, California
Japanese Tea Garden
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
Permanently Closed
London, England
Growing Underground
The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.
Manistique, Michigan
Kitch-iti-kipi
This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.
Brooklyn, New York
Coney Island Creek
Waterway populated with abandoned projects, including a submarine.
Washington, D.C.
National Capitol Columns
The Corinthian columns that towered over Abraham Lincoln’s inauguration stand proud.
Lucas, Kansas
World's Largest Collection of Smallest Versions of Largest Things
A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.
Coober Pedy, Australia
Coober Pedy
An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.
Bingen, Germany
Mouse Tower
Legendary site where an evil bishop was devoured by rodents.
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Rhinestone Cowboy House at the JMK Arts Center
A bedazzled house and crown "jewel" of outsider artist Loy Allen Bowlin.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Doc Holliday's Grave
Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.
Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, France
Odeillo Solar Furnace
The world's largest solar furnace uses 10,000 mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays to generate power.
East Jerusalem, Israel
Immovable Ladder on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
A "miracle" that seems to produce more holy fistfights than holy revelations.
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit Salt Mine
Over a thousand feet beneath the Detroit streets is a subterranean metropolis few are allowed to enter.
Rancho Palos Verdes, California
Wayfarers Chapel
A Swedenborgian glass church surrounded by redwoods sits perched atop a massive landslide area.
Prague, Czechia
Strahov Monastery
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
Hotel Sidi Driss
The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.
Nagasaki, Japan
Gunkanjima Island
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
Boston, Massachusetts
Museum of Bad Art
Museum dedicated to awful artwork.
