Quemado, New Mexico
‘The Lightning Field’
In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.
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Quemado, New Mexico
In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.
Washington, D.C.
Where you can hail your favorite fictional commanders-in-chief.
Prince Edward, Ontario
A mysterious lake provides fresh water without any source, somehow restoring itself from atop its mountaintop perch.
Albany, New York
A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.
Albany, New York
This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.
Petersburg, New York
This locally-famous crevasse in New York State is icy all year round.
Andouillé-Neuville, France
This roadside shrine to an unofficial saint has welcomed the wishes and prayers of local believers for generations.
Perrysburg, New York
An abandoned tuberculosis hospital moulders on into an uncertain future.
Cattaraugus, New York
This edgy museum will whet your appetite for the industrial history of Western New York.
Salamanca, New York
This museum pays tribute to the largest group in the Iroquois Confederacy.
Jamestown, New York
This institution pays tribute to an associate justice who protected civil rights and prosecuted Nazis.
Jamestown, New York
The first and only American institution dedicated to the enduring value of comedy in the United States.
Titusville, Pennsylvania
Where the oil industry began.
Pleasantville, Pennsylvania
The site of America's first commercial oil well essentially disappeared after the town went bust.
Winnemucca, Nevada
The strongest earthquake in Nevada's recorded history left these spectacular breaks along the west front of a range in central Nevada.
Erie, Pennsylvania
A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.
Dresden, Germany
A famous big wave from Japan serves as a tribute to the victims of the disastrous Elbe flood.
San Luis Tehuiloyocan, Mexico
This house covered in art created with volcanic rocks is shrouded in macabre lore.
Tywyn, Wales
According to legend, King Arthur killed a beast that dwelled beneath the waters of this Welsh lake.
Val-des-Sources, Québec
Little remains of the once flourishing Asbestos' asbestos mine.
Edgewood, Iowa
Chilly air billows out from the entrance of an abandoned mine on a steep hillside, providing a refuge for Ice Age fauna and flora.
Denver, Colorado
A home covered with elaborate mosaic and other pieces of art.
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
An artist's suburban abode looks like an architectural fever dream.
North Webster, Indiana
Indiana's oldest sternwheel paddleboat has been plying the placid waters of Webster Lake for 90 years.