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A ruined hilltop watch base in the Aravalli ridge above Jaipur, where broken fort walls and a forgotten lookout overlook Man Sagar Lake, reachable only by scrambling through cactus-covered desert trails.

This roadside establishment in between Houston and the Louisiana border has the largest alligator in captivity

The Princess Mishawaka statue and story honor the legend of a Shawnee Indian heroine and promoted tourism in the 1930s.

An Illinois prairie preserve where the real show begins after sunset.

A century-old wooden walkway where artists and free spirits have built a funky, countercultural main street.

A blufftop prairie and limestone cliff with 30-mile views across two great rivers and prime bald eagle territory.

Once an important military landmark, this centuries old fort regained its popularity in modern times due to an iconic Bollywood film.

A lineup of a dozen or so Japanese light tanks from WWII.

A beautiful piece of history in a very remote area that allowed ranchers to move their herds.

The highest mountain in Hokkaido was the setting for one of Japan’s strangest unsolved mysteries.

An old adobe structure first built in the 1890s is a desert watering hole plastered with dollar bills and odd West Texas finds.

After emancipation, former slaves paved the roads of their newly built settlement with these bricks.

The unusual burial site of a globetrotter, eccentric, adventurer, war hero, landscape designer, dandy, and writer.

The most easily accessible intact vertical mine shaft structure remaining in the Red Mountain Mining District.

A sandstone canyon wilderness with a history of outlaws, mysterious disappearances, and a UFO encounter.

Massive industrial-chic coffee shop housed in former 1970s-era Bank of Guam building.

One of the largest and most ornate abbeys in this part of Europe.

At this bayside marina, enormous wild tarpon jump out of the water to snatch fish from visitors’ hands.

A botanical hideaway sits inside the ruins of a half-built Civil War fort.

Thousands of signed dollar bills turn a simple tavern into a living record of travelers’ comings and goings.

This is the last surviving Bollman truss bridge in the world.

Stand inside the dark interior of an historic redwood tree that once was used as a general's headquarters.

A crumbling Caribbean resort hidden just steps from a beautiful pink sand beach.

A playful symbiosis of art, nature, architecture, and garden design, a hidden gem off the beaten path