Waterloo, Iowa
Sans Souci Island
This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.
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Waterloo, Iowa
This remote island in Iowa was abandoned after being devastated by flood.
Claines, England
This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.
New York, New York
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.
La Junta, Colorado
The largest dinosaur trackway in North America is tucked away among this canyon's ghosts and archaeological gems.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Moffat, Colorado
Community owned and operated, this property is home to a diverse set of nudists.
Cripple Creek, Colorado
This Colorado hiking trail provides a small gold mine of abandoned gold mines.
Castle Rock, Colorado
The remains of the dam that unleashed a 15-foot wall of water on Denver.
Southend-on-Sea, England
A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The second oldest continuously operating bar in Louisiana.
Dublin, Ireland
The somber sculptures commemorating Irish Famine on the river Liffey in Dublin.
Dublin, Ireland
An Irish church where an 800-year-old mummy is reaching out of his coffin as if to shake hands.
Dublin, Ireland
The mummified heart of a saint lives on in this church—after a brief hiatus when it was stolen.
Athlone, Ireland
The oldest pub in Ireland may also be the oldest surviving bar in the entire world.
Hong Kong
A colossal floating restaurant built to look like a ancient Chinese imperial palace.
New York, New York
A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.
Carthage, Texas
The only international border marker within the United States.
Neringos savivaldybė, Lithuania
A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.
Solovetskiy, Russia
No one knows why ancient labyrinths were built on this tiny northern island.
Chamoli, India
A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Kathmandu, Nepal
Nailing a coin to this holy stump is just another way to ask the gods for relief from dental pain.
Khangsar, Nepal
Named after the Goddess of Harvests, Annapurna is the deadliest member of the Eight-thousanders club.