Prague, Czechia
Prague Meridian
The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.
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Prague, Czechia
The slender brass strip in Prague's Old Town Square was used to tell time from 1652 to 1918.
Prague, Czechia
What looks like a suicide in progress is actually a statue of Sigmund Freud.
Prague, Czechia
A bust of Franz Kafka spins in pieces, reflecting the writer's inner torment.
Omaha, Nebraska
These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.
Omaha, Nebraska
A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.
Portland, Oregon
The U.S. Navy's last diesel-electric submarine rests half-submerged in the middle of Portland.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Sedro-Woolley, Washington
Former farm staffed by mental patients is now a public park.
Anacortes, Washington
This dilapidated ship carcass covered in trees is a striking sight.
Sedona, Arizona
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
Yarnell, Arizona
The stone circle honors the 19 firemen who perished during the Yarnell Hill Fire.
Government Camp, Oregon
Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.
Prosser, Washington
The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Kayenta, Arizona
Hidden inside this Arizona fast food franchise is an in-depth exhibit on the famed WWII counterintelligence program.
Iceland
This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.
Thingvellir, Iceland
This beautiful, historic church looks like something out of a simpler past.
Thingvellir, Iceland
The picturesque birthplace of Icelandic democracy is drenched in the blood of its brutal past.
Iceland
This valley of hot springs and boiling mud pots is home to the record-holding "Geysir," which originated the English word.
Iceland
If a glacial river suddenly diving into a sheer chasm via a dramatic, multi-stage waterfall isn't peak Iceland, it's certainly close.
Iceland
A restaurant devoted to "trouser grip" wrestling, an ancient form of Viking wrestling that is Iceland's national sport.
Hamragarðar, Iceland
This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.
Iceland
Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.
Vik, Iceland
Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.