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Dinosaur footprint at Valley of the Dinosaurs

Sousa, Brazil

Valley of the Dinosaurs

One of the few places in the world where visitors can walk alongside fossilized tracks from 80 different dinosaur species.

Human foot for scale

Holyoke, Massachusetts

Dinosaur Footprints of Holyoke

A careful eye can find hundreds of dinosaur tracks running along the Connecticut River.

Dinosaur State Park

Rocky Hill, Connecticut

Dinosaur State Park

The ancient past meets the retro-future at these dinosaur tracks that are protected by a geodesic dome.

First Down Moses

Notre Dame, Indiana

First Down Moses

A 17-foot-tall bronze statue of Moses with an index finger pointed towards the heavens signaling first down for the football team.

Jingling Pot

England

Jingling Pot

A spectacular pothole (pit cave) in The Yorkshire Dales, the home of British vertical cave exploration.

The ceilling of Le Louxor

Paris, France

Le Louxor Palais du Cinema

Egyptian Revival movie palace abandoned for decades and restored in 2013.

View of the Missing Cabin

Jemez Springs, New Mexico

‘The Missing’ Cabin

What appears to be a historic cabin nestled within Valles Caldera National Preserve is actually part of an abandoned movie set.

Fyllingsdalstunnelen

Fyllingsdalen, Norway

Fyllingsdalstunnelen

The longest pedestrian tunnel in the world.

An exposed moment for Billingsgate Island.

Eastham, Massachusetts

Billingsgate Island

The Atlantis of Cape Cod reemerges during the lowest of tides.

Passage du Gois

Barbâtre, France

Passage du Gois

This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.

Lindisfarne Causeway

Holy Island of Lindisfarne, England

Pilgrims Way to Holy Island

Twice a day this ancient path disappears with the tides, leaving the Holy Island of Lindisfarne out to sea.

An exhibit inside the museum.

Yorktown, Virginia

Watermen’s Museum

Some museums preserve beautiful things; this museum preserves hard work.

Sponsored By Visit Williamsburg
Exterior of a colonial home

Yorktown, Virginia

Nelson House

Yorktown’s grandest colonial home still wears the scars of the siege that helped end the American Revolution.

Sponsored By Visit Williamsburg
The Ring

Montreal, Quebec

The Ring

This massive circular sculpture may not be a portal to other worlds, but it does inspire the mind to imagine them.

Where the east-west orientation of the Hungarian Cemetery (left) meets the Anshe Emeth Cemetery.

Cleveland, Ohio

Fir Street Cemetery

The second oldest Jewish cemetery in Cleveland was, despite its diminutive size, originally three separate burial grounds.

Liberation Mural

Indio, California

Liberation Mural

The sequential animation shows a galloping horse stretching, morphing into a winged Pegasus, and finally transforming into a bird soaring.

Cape Bear Lighthouse

Murray Harbour, Prince Edward Island

Cape Bear Lighthouse and Marconi Station

This lighthouse has been in operation since 1881, with an interesting connection to the RMS Titanic.

Duong Long Cham Towers

Binh An, Vietnam

Duong Long Cham Towers

Standing as a 12th-century architectural titan, this trio of brick structures boasts the tallest surviving Cham tower in Vietnam, reaching an impressive height of 38 meters.

Bunker Tombé

Sainte-Marguerite-sur-Mer, France

Bunker Tombé

Impressive spectacle of how a bunker can land on a beach and resist mother nature for the years that have passed since WWII.

Acueducto de La Partida

Madrid, Spain

Acueducto de La Partida

The oldest surviving example of the aqueducts that crossed the Casa de Campo to distribute water.

Timothy Dexter’s William Pitt Statue

Newburyport, Massachusetts

Timothy Dexter’s William Pitt Statue

The last surviving life-size sculpture owned by eccentric 18th century businessman and self-styled "Lord Timothy Dexter" who once decorated his home with 40 of these.

The preserve features vibrant desert spring-creek wildflowers, such as wild iris, blue camas, forget-me-nots, and velvety mulleins.

Bellevue, Idaho

Silver Creek Preserve

In Idaho’s high desert, underground water resurfaces as a remarkably rich spring-fed creek.

Sponsored By Visit Sun Valley
Adam’s Gulch trails are smooth, well-packed, and free of major roots, making for easy mountain biking.

Ketchum, Idaho

Adam’s Gulch

A busy trail network outside Ketchum, Idaho, hides a small piece of early Forest Service history.

Sponsored By Visit Sun Valley
Waldkunstpfad

Darmstadt, Germany

Waldkunstpfad

A forest outside Darmstadt becomes an open-air art gallery, where international artists turn trees, branches, stones, and clearings into strange, playful, and thought-provoking works.

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