Halong City, Vietnam
Hang Sung Sot
Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.
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Halong City, Vietnam
Ha Long Bay's "Cave of Surprises" houses a popular phallic rock formation.
Phan Thiet, Vietnam
These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
Hoax, mistake, or evidence of dinosaurs in human times?
Cartagena, Colombia
An inspired museum dedicated to the patron saint of enslaved people, inside the cloisters where he lived and died.
Fredericksburg, Texas
An enormous pink granite batholith, long attributed with spiritual powers by the Tonkawa Indians.
Montreal, Québec
Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Wimberley, Texas
A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
New Orleans, Louisiana
This historic "City of the Dead" lies prominently in the center of New Orleans' famous Garden District.
Austin, Texas
One part antique store, one part curiosities hodge-podge.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Roswell, New Mexico
A museum dedicated to the alleged Roswell Incident.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Austin, Texas
This unique structure in suburban Austin is made up entirely of other people's castaways, and constantly changing.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.