Toronto, Ontario
Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library
One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.
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Toronto, Ontario
One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Jaipur, India
The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.
Iceland
This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
Denver, Colorado
This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Williston, Florida
This underground oasis is one of North America’s most fascinating prehistoric places—and you can scuba dive in it.
Wimberley, Texas
A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.
Victoria Falls, Zambia
The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Hatsukaichi, Japan
This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Florence, Colorado
This naturally-sourced hot spring is now home to a clothing-optional resort.
Littlefield, Arizona
An arsenic-filled pool in the Grand Canyon takes on the appearance of a giant, overflowing pumpkin.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Prague, Czechia
A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.
Qualicum Beach, British Columbia
Sleep snuggled in a sphere suspended atop the forest canopy of Vancouver Island.
Humboldt County, California
One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.
Springdale, Utah
The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.
Mill Run, Pennsylvania
Frank Lloyd Wright’s most iconic home dangles over a Pennsylvania waterfall.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."