Boston, Massachusetts
Mapparium Globe
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
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Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Boston, Massachusetts
A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.
Joal Fadiout, Senegal
West Africa's largest fishing port honors its artisanal fishing process.
Albadarr, Gambia
A unique, eye-catching statue that carries an important message of hope.
Chennai, India
The painted and decorated towers of this Hindu shrine were once the tallest structures in one of the oldest cities in India.
Kanyakumari, India
A towering work of stone and philosophy that was constructed using ancient Hindu science.
Papaikou, Hawaii
More than 2,000 species of tropical plants call this nature preserve and sanctuary home.
Hilo, Hawaii
This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.
Pāhoa, Hawaii
In 2018, Pohoiki Road was severed by lava flowing from the eruption of Kilauea.
Pāhoa, Hawaii
A model of a galactic embassy is hidden in plain sight along the highway, proposed by a UFO religion to find the aliens that created life on Earth.
Naalehu, Hawaii
A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.
Naalehu, Hawaii
The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.
Cannon Beach, Oregon
A massive sea stack famous for its appearance in The Goonies.
Florence, Oregon
Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.
Florence, Oregon
Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.
Bend, Oregon
The world's last remaining store of its kind.
Santa Barbara County, California
Windswept and remote, this island was once the home of a rare mammoth and today is home to a rare tree.
Avalon, California
Chewing gum tycoon's memorial lies perched over wife's botanical gardens on Santa Catalina Island.
Big Sur, California
Centuries of crashing waves carved out this small hole in the rock, which lights up at certain parts of the year.
Inyo County, California
Marta Becket's hand-painted theater in the desert.
Inyo County, California
Millions of years of oxidation make a drive down this winding Death Valley road surprisingly colorful.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Inyo County, California
"Only the devil could play golf here."
Death Valley, California
Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.