Pisa, Italy
Guy Rope Anchors for the Leaning Tower of Pisa
The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.
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Pisa, Italy
The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This museum housed in a former brothel explores the past and present of sex work in Amsterdam.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Amsterdam's Red Light District leaves little to the imagination.
Egmont, British Columbia
The water swaps direction twice a day, whipping into a frenzy of whirlpools and rapids.
Wetaskiwin, Alberta
An automotive, farming machinery, and aviation museum located in Wetaskiwin, Alberta, Canada.
Eldon, Alberta
Canadaās surprisingly controversial monument to Dwight Eisenhower.
Edmonton, Alberta
This massive mall has hundreds of shops, an amusement park, and a history of deadly amusement attractions.
Okotoks, Alberta
This massive and unusual rock formation near Okotoks is the world's largest known glacial erratic.
Alexandria Bay, New York
A castle built for love, and abandoned due to heartbreak.
Bluff, Utah
A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.
Florence, Oregon
Only known mainland rookery of the threatened Stellar sea lion.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Leggett, California
This massive redwood tree has a hole in the base big enough to drive through.
CaƱon City, Colorado
The highest bridge in America was built for an almost unnervingly small amount of money.
Wimberley, Texas
A popular swimming hole that hides one of America's most deadly diving spots.
Bryce, Utah
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Los Angeles, California
These delicate buggers are some of the rarest fossils that have bubbled up from the Tar Pits.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.
Devils Tower, Wyoming
The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado
The ancient dwellings of the Puebloans, located in the cliffs of majestic mesas.