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The Hillandale Bridge from the ravine.

Euclid, Ohio

Hillandale Bridge

This abandoned bridge to nowhere stands secluded in the woods of a Cleveland suburb.

Crow Canyon Petroglyphs.

New Mexico

Crow Canyon Petroglyphs

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

Chalice/grigson #2

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Museum of Sound

An unusual collection of self-made musical instruments and unique noises.

Precariously perched.

Lancaster, England

Norber Erratics

A group of glacial erratic boulders are improbably balanced on white limestone pedestals.

Three Rivers Petroglyph Site.

Three Rivers, New Mexico

Three Rivers Petroglyph Site

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

A castle on its leafy grounds.

South Hero, Vermont

Miniature Castles of South Hero

A gardener's enduring labor of love is spread throughout a small Vermont town.

Roche Abbey Ruins

Maltby, England

Roche Abbey Ruins

Legend has it the famous Robin Hood would attend mass at this 12th-century Cistercian abbey in Sherwood Forrest.

Dick "The Destroyer" Beyer.

Akron, New York

Destroyer Park Golf

A masked wrestling legend has opened the first U.S. course devoted to a meditative Japanese golf variant.

The entrance to the Gates of Hell.

Columbus, Ohio

Gates of Hell

The entrance to this sinisterly named tunnel hides behind a Tim Hortons.

Looking into the barrow from the entrance.

Marlborough, England

West Kennet Long Barrow

It's possible to walk inside one of the largest Neolithic tombs in Britain.

Solar Egg at Artipelag

Stockholm, Sweden

Solar Egg

A golden egg-shaped sauna in the Arctic tundra.

The Tunnel of Love.

Comuna Obreja, Romania

Tunnel of Love

The romantic botanic tunnel feels like a well-kept secret.

82 degree turquoise water boils forth from a pool seemingly carved out of the snow.

Dolores, Colorado

Geyser Spring Trail

Colorado's only true geyser is hidden within the San Juan National Forest.

The world's tallest elevator test tower.

Rottweil, Germany

ThyssenKrupp Test Tower

Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.

The ruins of Wehrum.

Vintondale, Pennsylvania

Wehrum

The ruined remains of a coal mining ghost town are hidden within the woods.

The pools at Leça da Palmeira.

Leça da Palmeira, Portugal

Tidal Pools of Leça da Palmeira

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

A restored Wright house on the Burnham Block.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Frank Lloyd Wright's Burnham Block

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

PC Engine
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Stockholm, Sweden

Stockholms Spelmuseum

It's always game time at Stockholm's only museum devoted solely to video games.

The MegaZapper.

Bellingham, Washington

SPARK Museum of Electrical Invention

An electrifying collection of gadgets and literature from the 16th through 20th centuries.

Pink rocks cover the beach.

Minnesota

Iona's Beach

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

Picnic Point Beach House.

Madison, Wisconsin

Picnic Point Beach House

This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.

Rjukan illuminated

Rjukan, Norway

Giant Sun Mirrors of Rjukan

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

Castillo Torre Salvana

Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Spain

Castillo Torre Salvana

The abandoned ruins of a beautiful medieval castle just outside Barcelona.

The Nine Ladies.

Stanton Lees, England

Nine Ladies Stone Circle

Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.

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