Yarnell, Arizona
Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial
The stone circle honors the 19 firemen who perished during the Yarnell Hill Fire.
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Yarnell, Arizona
The stone circle honors the 19 firemen who perished during the Yarnell Hill Fire.
Karpacz, Poland
This fairytale medieval church in Poland originally spent centuries in Norway.
Carlingford, Ireland
The home of Ireland's last leprechauns is officially protected by the European Union.
Wellsboro, Pennsylvania
A rock maze opens up to a panoramic viewpoint at an abandoned mine full of ghost stories.
Baker, California
No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Medellín, Colombia
This city park wants you to take your shoes off.
Tayq, Oman
A powerful cyclone once made one of the world's largest sinkholes completely fill with water.
Medellín, Colombia
Three hundred illuminated pillars form an “artificial forest” in Medellín.
Naples, Italy
This magical-looking island is notorious for the misfortunes suffered by its owners.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.
San Anselmo, California
George Lucas donated this park to honor the birthplace of his two biggest movie franchises.
Torre Annunziata, Italy
Buried next to Pompeii, this lesser-known Roman villa was the opulent vacation home of Emperor Nero's wife.
Mexico City, Mexico
The most complete statue of this Aztec god sits a top a throne carved with images of hallucinogenic plants.
Palmanova, Italy
A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.
Flagstaff, Arizona
A nature and cultural preserve named for its multitude of petroglyphs carved by the Northern Sinagua people.
Saint-Malo, France
On this romantic tidal island reachable only at low tide the tomb of a famous French writer overlooks the sea.
Medora, North Dakota
The ruins of Theodore Roosevelt's beloved ranch stand in a forgotten corner of a national park named after him.
Mexico City, Mexico
This colossal ancient sculpture of the monstrous Aztec rain god has a literally stormy history.
Pearl River, Louisiana
Legend says a primate-like cryptid prowls this otherworldy sliver of the Louisiana bayou.
Meriden, Connecticut
A lone tower rises above the cliffs in a city park, offering fantastic views of the Connecticut landscape.
Umm Bab, Qatar
This unconventionally beautiful landscape possesses stunning scenery you won't easily forget.
Newport Beach, California
Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.
Lítla Dímun, Faroe Islands
This isolated island is often capped by its own fluffy cloud.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.