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Close-up of Cresta Aqueduct.

Oroville, California

Cresta Aqueduct

A picturesque example of brute-force engineering conquering nature.

Paint Mines Interpretive Park

Calhan, Colorado

Paint Mines Interpretive Park

Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.

Tin House Court as seen from the Clarence Street entrance.

Ottawa, Ontario

Tin House

Now a public art piece, this curious metal feature originally advertised a tinsmith's services.

The Southern Pole of Inaccessibility Station covered by snow. (Wikimedia Commons)

Antarctica

Southern Pole of Inaccessibility

Considered the most remote point in the entire world.

Blood Falls

Antarctica

Blood Falls

Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.

The San José Semaphore

San Jose, California

The San José Semaphore

It took years to decode its mysterious messages.

Benagil Caves

Lagoa, Portugal

Benagil Caves

Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.

Aerial view of High Rock Canyon.

Gerlach, Nevada

High Rock Canyon Wilderness

Many generations of travelers have passed through the steep, smooth walls of this canyon.

The tiny hidden houses.
Permanently Closed

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Tiny Hidden Houses on Westerstraat

Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.

USNO Master Clock

Washington, D.C.

USNO Master Clock

The most accurate timepiece in the world.

Magneto Mural.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Magneto Mural

The Master of Magnetism dominates the walls of a scrap metal yard to keep graffiti artists at bay.

Suspended Orange Tree

Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

Suspended Orange Tree

This full-sized orange tree lives suspended in mid-air above the streets of Jaffa.

Kubota Gardens

Seattle, Washington

Kubota Garden

This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.

Città Ideale

Montegabbione (TR), Italy

La Scarzuola

This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.

Behold!

New York, New York

New York Federal Gold Vault

More gold than anywhere else, ever.

Medici Hall of Maps (Sala delle Carte Geografiche)

Florence, Italy

Medici Hall of Maps (Sala delle Carte Geografiche)

Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park

Santa Barbara, California

Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

Ring Mountain Petroglyphs & Petroglyph Rock

Corte Madera, California

Ring Mountain Petroglyphs

Across Ring Mountain is a vast collection of Native American petroglyphs unique to the region.

Redmond Caves

Redmond, Oregon

Redmond Caves

A sprawling cave network created by a lone lava tube.

The last Blockbuster.

Bend, Oregon

Bend Blockbuster Video

The world's last remaining store of its kind.

The Bones of the Wawel Dragon

Krakow, Poland

The Bones of the Wawel Dragon

Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.

Mystery Hill: America's Stonehenge

Salem, New Hampshire

Mystery Hill: America's Stonehenge

America's oldest archaeological site or a muddled case of wishful thinking.

Hemet Maze Stone

Hemet, California

Hemet Maze Stone

This mysterious petroglyph evokes the ancient swastika symbol but was later vandalized with the more troublesome Nazi one.

The necropolis of the Fosso del Pile.

Vetralla, Italy

Norchia Necropolis

One of ancient Etruria's most spectacular archaeological sites with impressive necropolises and rugged landscape.

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