Yekaterinburg, Russia
Psychedelic Salt Mines
It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Yekaterinburg, Russia
It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.
Washington, D.C.
A nostalgic bibliographic gem.
Washington, D.C.
A computer bug so primitive it was an actual insect.
Memphis, Tennessee
The hotel where Martin Luther King Jr. was shot is now a museum dedicated to his work.
Belle Rose, Louisiana
This sinkhole was created by a tragic industrial accident and continues to ravage the surrounding landscape.
Green Gables, Prince Edward Island
Go inside the house that inspired L. M. Montgomery to create one of literature's most beloved heroines.
Mono County, California
Eons old volcanic activity created one of the most stunning rock formations in the United States.
Mono County, California
This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.
Bishop, California
A charming desert roadside bakery that produces 10 times more bread daily than it has residents in its town.
Lee Vining, California
Aqueducts have dramatically changed this old lake, now home to tufa towers and its very own species of tiny brine shrimp.
Inyo County, California
This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.
San Bernardino County, California
In the middle of the desert, miles from any human life, sat an anomalous pay phone that still magically answers your calls.
San Bernardino County, California
The abandoned train depot now doubles as a well-placed rest stop for those who take the road less traveled.
San Bernardino, California
The largest dune field in the Mojave offers a chance of hearing the 'singing sands.'
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Palm Desert, California
A black and white painted wall creates an optical illusion in the California desert.
Palm Springs, California
An outdoor sculpture park of giant pink robots and post-apocalyptic Christmas scenes.
Lancaster, California
Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.
Cologny, Switzerland
Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.
San Francisco, California
The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.
Inyo County, California
Travelers leave tea kettles in a remote part of Death Valley as part of a mysterious, decades-old tradition.
Death Valley, California
Ten 25-foot-tall, beehive-shaped kilns, abandoned in Death Valley.
Williams, Minnesota
This Minnesota-shaped forest is actually located in the state it is shaped like.
Duluth, Minnesota
Home to part of the world’s largest private collection of original manuscripts and documents.