Stirling, Scotland
Beheading Stone
Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.
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Stirling, Scotland
Legend says this rock was once a chopping block for public executions.
Parksville, New York
This Central New York ghost town was once a prosperous railroad community.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's last remaining paternoster elevator.
Dooey, Ireland
A spectacular hidden beach in Ireland has the dark, disturbing nickname of "Murder Hole Beach."
Twentynine Palms, California
In this roadside "community for the small," abandoned toys gain new lives.
Delme, France
This building’s ghostly exterior reflects its former lives as a prison, school, and funeral home.
Gravesend, England
The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.
Muscat, Oman
This spectacular mosque houses the second-largest chandelier in the world.
Qalhat, Oman
This lonely tomb is all that remains of a once-bustling ancient trade hub visited by Marco Polo.
Henrieville, Utah
This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.
Hebron, New Hampshire
This narrow canyon has been carved by the river over thousands of years into spectacular and curious forms.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Vantage, Washington
An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.
Sodus, New York
A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.
Harbor Springs, Michigan
A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.
Kearney, Missouri
One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.
Florence, Oregon
The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.
Kansasville, Wisconsin
The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.
Homosassa, Florida
Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.
Lewes, Delaware
World War II-era bunkers are hidden under the beaches of this picturesque park, which is still scattered with wartime watchtowers.
Ekalaka, Montana
This beautiful ancient site is dotted with perforated sandstone pillars considered sacred by some Native American groups.
Hebron, Connecticut
The ruins of an abandoned 18th-century town that is slowly being reclaimed by the forest.
Big Sur, California
This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.
Fort Loudon, Pennsylvania
A pyramid commemorates the birthplace of James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States