Walhalla, South Carolina
Stumphouse Tunnel
An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.
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Walhalla, South Carolina
An unfinished rail tunnel that has since been used to house cheese and bats.
Kansas City, Missouri
The "World's Largest Underground Business Complex," a 55,000,000-square-foot city underneath Missouri.
Rabat, Malta
Burial grounds for more than 1,000 bodies deep under the modern town of Rabat.
Dunedin, New Zealand
Running since 1864, this clock has yet to be wound, one of the longest-running science experiments known.
Dunedin, New Zealand
One of the world's largest pianos is displayed in the workshop of the man who built it as a teenager.
Dunedin, New Zealand
Known for the tunnel that leads visitors to the water.
Hamilton, New Zealand
The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."
Tirau, New Zealand
These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.
Ohaupo, New Zealand
One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.
Turan, Russia
A tribute to Richard Feynman is carved into the land he planned to see but never got to visit.
Ridder, Kazakhstan
A statue of traditional Kazakh dancers adds some beauty to this Soviet-era mining city.
Davis Station, Antarctica
Antarctica's only sculpture garden, it has art and penguins, but no plants in sight.
Brazil
An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.
Golubac, Serbia
This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
The place of worship erected not once, but three times in one of the most desolate places on Earth.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Antarctica's bustling metropolis, originally established by Richard E. Byrd.
Antarctica
The remains of a doomed Antarctic plane, buried beneath layers of ice and snow, await those willing to do a bit of digging.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
A wooden hut from the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.
Snagov Island, Romania
This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
One of the world's most advanced radio observatories sprawls across the Atacama Desert.
Antarctica
These passages carved from the Antarctic ice hold strange shrines to the harsh southernmost climes.
Antarctica
The world's largest neutrino telescope searches for secrets of the universe at the South Pole.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
During World War II the Thorp building was guarded by the OSS, FBI, and US Navy because of the top-secret bombsight being produced there.