Houston, Texas
Houston Maritime Museum
This seaworthy collection was sparked by one man's passion for sailing.
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Houston, Texas
This seaworthy collection was sparked by one man's passion for sailing.
Nye County, Nevada
The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.
Nye County, Nevada
A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
Nye, Nevada
Large tower used for simulating radiation of Hiroshima bomb and the tallest object ever relocated.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.
Walarano, Vanuatu
Nestled in the jungles of Vanuatu are the remains of what was once a cannibal oven.
Milford, Pennsylvania
One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Behold the rickety glory of one of the oldest roller coasters still standing.
Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.
Alexandria, Virginia
This simple stone memorial remembers a secret, Geneva Convention-defying interrogation base from WWII.
Kawasaki, Japan
The world's shortest escalator doesn't seem to have any reason to exist other than to hold a world record.
Belgrade, Serbia
A small memorial to a deadly night in Serbia that shook the world before it was swept under the rug.
Hyden, Australia
This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.
London, England
The perfectly preserved underground rooms where Churchill plotted the war against Germany.
Guanajuato, Mexico
A Mexican Romeo-and-Juliet-esque legend has given this super-narrow alleyway a reputation for romance.
Perca, Italy
These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.
Sterling, Virginia
This pun was simply waiting to come to life, and one defense contractor made it so.
Alcubierre, Spain
A series of recreated fortifications mark George Orwell's path through the Spanish Civil War.
Bordeaux, France
The world's largest reflecting pool is just two centimeters deep.
Mount Airy, North Carolina
This North Carolina grave is the final resting place of the world's most famous conjoined twins.
Manchester, England
A Victorian Gothic masterpiece housing a world-class collection of rare books and manuscripts.
Atlanta, Georgia
Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.
Afton, Virginia
A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.
Danville, Virginia
This sprawling museum holds one man's giant collection of real tanks.