Joshua Tree, California
Hicksville Trailer Palace
An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.
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Joshua Tree, California
An eclectic trailer park retreat in the middle of the California desert.
Bridgeport, California
Standing in a state of "arrested decay," this ghost town allows for a detailed peek into Gold Rush life in an unusually harsh climate.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Juneau, Alaska
A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
Skagway, Alaska
A historic freight system that found the true gold rush is in tourism.
Venice, Italy
A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.
Belpasso, Italy
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy
This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.
Italy
According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.
Bled, Slovenia
This one-time health resort was used by aristocrats around the world.
Tinajo, Spain
Visit a surreal landscape so otherworldly NASA actually used it to train the Apollo 17 crew.
Playa Blanca, Spain
A completely underwater art museum sends a stark message about humans' impact on the environment.
Ivenack, Germany
The oldest trees in Northern Germany.
Abensberg, Germany
A whimsical art tower at a Bavarian brewery includes a grotto for its mythical beer-brewing dwarves.
Schweindorf, Germany
Giant wind turbine with observation deck at the very top.
Bretten, Germany
One of the most well-known city festivals in the world.
Landsberg am Lech, Germany
The prison where Hitler wrote "Mein Kampf," and 278 Nazis were later executed for war crimes.
Lohheide, Germany
A Nazi concentration camp and Anne Frank's place of death.
Berchtesgaden, Germany
Soaring over 6,000 feet in the Bavarian Alps, this beer garden was once Hitler's 50th birthday present.
Lemgo, Germany
An intricate and amazing house built by architect Karl Junker.
Gueugnon, France
Before this bridge was built people had to wait for the ferryman, an annoyance that, the story has it, gave the town its name.
La Rochelle, France
A massive base for the Nazis' most formidable weapon in the Atlantic.
Rustrel, France
One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.
Vernon, France
A quaint medieval millhouse hovers surprisingly above the waters of the Seine.