Warminster, England
Longleat Hedge Maze
The longest hedge maze in the world.
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Warminster, England
The longest hedge maze in the world.
London, England
Winding paths and ramshackle mausoleums in the oldest "park cemetery" in London.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
Kiruna, Sweden
The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.
Boden N, Sweden
A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.
Palakkad, India
Bold contestants slide in a rice paddy behind two charging bulls.
Beijing, China
Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?
Harbin, China
One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.
Turukhansky District, Russia
Stalin's prisoner-built rail line sits in ruin, never having a single car ride its tracks.
Kalyazin, Russia
Stalin's march toward a more modern USSR flooded a monastery, leaving a unique and extravagant nautical marker, "The Flooded Belfry."
Kaliningrad, Russia
A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.
Dargavs, Russia
This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.
San Diego, California
The freeway that never was.
Carpinteria, California
Inky sludge oozes to the surface of this beach thanks to a rare natural tar seep.
Barstow, California
The cluster of boulders near Fort Irwin is covered in military insignia.
Baker, California
No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Mountain View, California
One of the largest free-standing structures ever built, this dirigible hangar is now simply a giant skeleton.
San Francisco, California
Alleyway plaque commemorating the death of a fictional character in The Maltese Falcon, not far from the author's home.
Pasadena, California
A cobblestone alley with an interesting past.
Inyo County, California
Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.
San Diego, California
Lemon Grove, California is known for its giant lemon...and mummified bodies.
Phillipsville, California
A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.
Amboy, California
A pair of large white marble lions guard this stretch of the Mojave Desert, and it is utterly mysterious how they got there.