Penrose, Colorado
Phantom Canyon Road
The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.
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Penrose, Colorado
The narrow mountain road that carves a path between Florence and Victor is tied to ghost towns and ghost stories.
Torryburn, Scotland
The long-lost final resting place of an accused witch.
Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
Athens, Greece
View the ancient remains of buildings and the ancient "River of Hades" before hopping on a train.
Songo Mnara Island, Tanzania
Mosques carved from coral and dozens of well-preserved stone structures fill this 500-year-old Swahili trading center.
Thorpdale, Australia
The massive mountain ash that once stood at this site was cut down in an effort to prove that it was, indeed, the tallest of its kind.
Utrecht, Netherlands
The cutest way to stay safe in traffic.
Oatman, Arizona
This once-booming Gold Rush town is now home to a herd of feral donkeys.
Bailey, Colorado
A museum dedicated to the mysterious cryptid.
Kyoto, Japan
The first location of the eventual video game giant.
Hong Kong
This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.
Soquel, California
A Buddhist retreat built on more than 100 acres of California Redwood forest.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.
Hayakawa, Japan
The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.
San Bernardino County, California
The most isolated mailbox in America lets desert travelers record their passing.
Billund, Denmark
An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.
Vernazza, Italy
On the walking path from Monterosso to Vernazza, a small shrine dedicated to feline friends.
Charlotte, North Carolina
A permanent outdoor art installation made up of more than 100 mushroom-shaped lights.
San Andrés Cholula, Mexico
An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.
Portland, Oregon
Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.
Prague, Czechia
The tunnel's elegant proportions keep you snug with no claustrophobia freak-out.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.
Thurgoland, England
A repurposed railway tunnel with otherworldly acoustic characteristics.