Krakow, Poland
The Bones of the Wawel Dragon
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
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Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Banff, Alberta
Few other hotels can rival the grandeur of the Castle in the Rockies.
Alberta
A surviving remnant of the thick ice mass that once mantled most of Western Canada's mountains.
Drumheller, Alberta
Hoodoos, naturally eroded land formations, stand 20 feet tall in the Canadian badlands.
Vegreville, Alberta
Possibly the world’s easiest Easter-egg hunt.
Bridgeport, California
Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Inyo County, California
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
Inyo County, California
An abandoned Jazz Age dream home and con man's hideout in Death Valley.
Beatty, Nevada
Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Inyo County, California
The rocks in this arid basin leave trails of movement behind them.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
Death Valley, California
Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.
Calistoga, California
The fossilized remains of ancient California redwoods.
Piercy, California
An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.
Klamath, California
Two mammoth statues inspired by equally tall tales lure tourists to this roadside attraction.
Orick, California
Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.
Eureka, California
Commonly referred to as the most photographed Victorian home in the United States.
Eureka, California
Folk art crafted from discarded vegetable crates.
Vancouver, British Columbia
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.
White Rock, British Columbia
Bird dung painted this huge boulder which in turn inspired the name of a city.
Duncan, British Columbia
Canada shows its hockey pride with a giant stick.
Victoria, British Columbia
The narrowest street in Canada was once a spot for dastardly doings, now a historic piece of Chinatown.
Toronto, Ontario
A collection of more than 12,000 shoes, displayed in a building shaped like a shoebox.