Dripping Springs, Texas
Hamilton Pool
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
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Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
Baltimore, Maryland
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
Cambridge, Massachusetts
The thousands of shades on display — some toxic, others impossibly rare — are a library of more than just color.
Orick, California
Canyon walls shrouded in ferns.
New York, New York
A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.
New York, New York
A New York garbage depot holds a secret collection of weird and wonderful refuse.
Obergoms VS, Switzerland
A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.
Toronto, Ontario
One of Canada's most incredible rare book collections holds hundreds of thousands of gorgeous tomes that the general public can touch.
Chicago, Illinois
The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.
Shamrock, Texas
Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.
Austin, Texas
A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.
Hillsboro, Oregon
A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.
Marmore, Italy
Romans built the world's tallest artificial waterfall in 271 BC.
Santa Monica, California
Perhaps the most unique of any Frank Gehry design for one simple reason: Gehry himself actually lives here.
Denver, Colorado
Wall to wall taxidermy at Denver's oldest and most exotic steakhouse.