Paju, South Korea
Bridge of No Return
The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.
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Paju, South Korea
The site of many tense prisoner exchanges across the Military Demarcation Line between North and South Korea.
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
Made famous by 'Star Wars,' these troglodyte homes face an uncertain future.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
The most powerful laboratory radiation source in the world pulses with 1,000 times the electricity of a lightning bolt.
Portland, Oregon
The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.
New York, New York
This Dutch Colonial home is the oldest remaining farmhouse in Manhattan.
Darwin, Australia
World War II ended before these tunnels built to protect vital oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.
Evanston, Illinois
A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.
Vatican City
A hidden workshop for creating and restoring Papal mosaic masterpieces.
Queens, New York
The world’s largest collection of Tiffany glass sits in a warehouse in Queens.
Stamford, England
England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.
Ingredients & Condiments
You can roast your potatoes in this rendered fat, or just spread it on bread and eat it cold.
Drinks
The fiery fruit brandy of the Balkans.
Alpine, Texas
This is probably not the Target you're looking for.
Prepared Foods
In Icelandic cuisine, few things are more traditional than half a sheep's head.
Sweets
There's nothing tragic about this Brazilian pairing of salty, white cheese and guava paste.
Inyo County, California
A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.
Mafra, Portugal
At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.
Waddinxveen, Netherlands
Yup, that's a 330-foot yacht passing over the highway.
Rjukan, Norway
For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.
Carson, California
Gnomes have their very own bonsai-landscaped settlement on a university campus.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.
Palmerston North, New Zealand
A New Zealand rubbish dump named after British comedian John Cleese.
Danvers, Massachusetts
The oldest living cultivated fruit tree in North America.
Naples, Italy
Suffocating dogs was a common spectacle in the fumes of this noxious cave.