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35.1396, -90.0528
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Campo, California
Pacific Southwest Railway Museum
A historic train ride from California to Mexico.
32.6139, -116.4721
Port Eynon, Wales
Culver Hole
This tall stone wall with no door and ill-matched windows was built centuries ago, and used as a shelter for domesticated pigeons.
51.5392, -4.2143
Van Buren, Missouri
Big Spring
Often referred to as the largest spring in America.
36.9523, -90.9943
Athens, Greece
Ritual of Periarosis Column
According to legend, this ancient column contains healing properties.
37.9678, 23.7264
Chesapeake, Virginia
Great Bridge Lock
This environmental engineering marvel keeps salt water from the Elizabeth River.
36.7242, -76.2478
Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Treasury Building Column Section
One of the Treasury Building's original columns now sits as a garden monument in the middle of a busy military base.
38.6937, -77.1374
Poolesville, Maryland
Planetary Radio Emissions Discovery Site
Using a massive antenna made up of five miles of wire, two scientists tuned into organic radio waves from the planet Jupiter.
39.0817, -77.3726
Monrovia, California
The Aztec Hotel
This bizarre hotel on historic Route 66 has been plagued by rumors of paranormal activity.
34.1514, -118.0058
Cannes, France
ÃŽle Sainte-Marguerite
A fortress on this island housed the mysterious prisoner known as the "Man in the Iron Mask" for more than a decade.
43.5199, 7.0485
Roswell, New Mexico
Bottomless Lakes State Park
Hidden in the New Mexico desert southeast of Roswell, nine small deep lakes formed inside sinkholes.
33.3409, -104.3340
Duffus, Scotland
Sculptor's Cave
A beachside cave filled with Bronze Age metalwork, pottery, and human remains.
57.7188, -3.3867
Stockholm, Sweden
Haga Tingshus Jättegryta (Haga Courthouse Giant's Kettle)
This building, previously used as a courthouse, has an unusual geological feature in its basement.
59.3535, 18.0398
Antarctica
Allan Hills
An ice field known for harboring an infamous Martian meteorite turned out to contain the oldest air on Earth.
-76.7169, 159.6667
Coorada, Australia
1972 Taroom Truck Explosion Memorial
One of the biggest mysteries of Central Queensland: How did this truck spontaneously combust with the force of a massive bomb?
-24.9359, 149.5259
Postbridge, England
Postbridge Clapper Bridge
This ancient stone bridge dates back to the early Middle Ages.
50.5941, -3.9112
Hobart, Australia
Mawson's Huts Replica Museum
The world's only full-size replica of the research hut used by Douglas Mawson for his 1911-14 Australasian Antarctic Expedition.
-42.8831, 147.3326
Liverpool, England
Sanctuary Stone
This stone once marked the boundaries of Liverpool's medieval markets.
53.4065, -2.9913
Toguz Toro, Kyrgyzstan
Saimaluu Tash
These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.
41.1807, 73.8140
Essex, England
The Naze and Naze Tower
This crumbling coast and its teetering tower are literally filled with history, but they are also at great risk of becoming history themselves.
51.8644, 1.2881
Austin, Nevada
Toiyabe Crest Trail
This little-used trail winds through the highest mountain range in central Nevada with sections around 10,000 feet.
39.2422, -117.1662
Alameda, California
USS Hornet Sea, Air and Space Museum
After serving in World War II and picking up Apollo astronauts, this aircraft carrier has been turned into a museum overlooking the San Francisco Bay.
37.7728, -122.3031
Valletta, Malta
Church of St. Paul's Shipwreck
This church is named for one of the most dramatic tales in the early Christian church.
35.8973, 14.5140
Flensburg, Germany
Mumiengrotte (Mummy's Cave)
Located in the middle of public park, this cave built in the early 19th century houses an ancient stone sarcophagus.
54.7858, 9.4264
Durrës, Albania
Amphitheater of Durrës
The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.
41.3123, 19.4448
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