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Raised catwalk walk through the trees alongside a river starting from an abandoned and colorful pumping station.

A 5,000-pound fiberglass channel catfish perches on the banks of the Red River, occasionally taking a swim when spring floodwaters rise.

Austin’s first public mural is a 50-year-old psychedelic time capsule where armadillos, musicians, outlaws and local legends hide an entire city’s history in plain sight.

Once a sanctuary for Honolulu’s queer community, this legendary landmark is in the heart of Waikiki.

This genuine, blood red Jolly Roger was captured off the North African coast in 1790 by Admiral Richard Curry.

Perched atop an isolated 779-meter mountain peak, this enigmatic Cham ruin remains shrouded in mystery regarding its age and purpose.

A popular East Bay hiking trail houses the ruins of a sanitarium that was destroyed in a blaze 50 years ago.

Harvey Milk's (the first openly gay person elected to public office in California) camera shop is now a queer community hub that celebrates his legacy and San Francisco's LGBTQ+ history, past and present.

This museum seems tiny but is absolutely packed full of regional history.

Carved through granite boulder fields and primeval forests, this roaring river valley once served as the secret naval training ground for the legendary Tay Son insurgency.

The shelves at this Chattanooga bar are stocked with used books, and buying one sends money back to the library.

A late 4th-century BC archaeological wonder located just outside the suburbs of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Deep within the mountains, a towering natural wall of tightly packed basalt columns mimics a colossal ancient fortress built by no human hands.

This monument, 60 feet tall and 30 feet wide, is an exact replica of one in Ponta Delgada, Azores.

The beautifully tiled, hidden resting place of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan’s wet nurse, tucked away behind a bustling railway track.

A 400-year-old ruined palace on top of a hill, overlooking the sleepy village of Al-Ghayl, some 300 km south of Riyadh.

The forest has reclaimed nearly everything—streets included—from this failed Pennsylvania "City of Heaven" that was once deeded directly to God.

A pair of trousers or a dress was hoisted up the shore station’s flagstaff to announce the birth of a baby to the lighthouse keeper working offshore.

Once a WWII supply tramway, it's now a popular & steep hiking trail.

This grand old Chinese medical facility has been restored and reopened to serve its original purpose.

The remains of an ancient medieval monastery can be seen in the basement of a luxury hotel

These crypt figures are said to be the giant and his family, turned to stone mid-rampage

This statue honors the groundbreaking writer for being the first female to support herself solely through her writing, as well as her time as a spy

This descriptively-named art museum occupies an abandoned former county jail