San Francisco, California
Arch of Colonial Trees
Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.
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San Francisco, California
Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.
Copalis Crossing, Washington
This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.
Varaždin, Croatia
Trimmed trees grow alongside the graves like topiary tombstones.
Viggianello, Italy
The oldest scientifically dated tree in Europe lives on a remote cliff.
N'Guigmi, Niger
The world's most remote memorial to the victims of the UTA Flight 772 disaster.
Ghat, Libya
Landscape of bizarrely shaped desert mountains and innumerable rock carvings.
Tchirozérine, Niger
The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.
Paris, France
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.
Paris, France
The oldest stone house in Paris was built by its most famous alchemist.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Gryfino, Poland
Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.
Halle, Belgium
Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.
Bowness-on-Windermere, England
This 17th-century pub once had a hole in its wall so the neighboring blacksmith could easily access beer.
Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
This volcanically volatile island town is home to an abandoned series of tunnels left by the Japanese during WWII.
Talasea, Papua New Guinea
Two World War II aircraft lie within the jungle around this abandoned runway.
Entebbe, Uganda
An aeronautical-themed resort forged around rusty relics from the golden age of air travel.
Kerry, Ireland
An ancient holy well said to be used by the patron saint of sailors and travelers, lost in the boggy west of Valentia Island.
Uden, Netherlands
Drive past the giant fruit sculptures and up to the window for a menu of fruity treats.
Lincoln, Illinois
Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.
Salem, Massachusetts
The lecture hall where Alexander Graham Bell first demonstrated the long-distance phone call.
Lindsborg, Kansas
A unique blue and yellow phone booth in America's "Little Sweden."
Hull, England
The phone booths in this English town have distinctly milky hues.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
Sligo, Ireland
This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.