Chichen Itza, Mexico
Pyramid of Kukulcan at Chich'en Itza
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
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Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Dzitnup, Mexico
These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.
Valladolid, Mexico
Found down a long dirt road, a sacred Mexican cenote and 18th-century hacienda remain hidden.
Los Angeles, California
This store is dedicated to unique found footage and the strangeness of pre-internet pop-culture.
Los Angeles, California
The neighborhood shop is a sort of tiny cactus museum full of exotic specimens you can take home.
Dixon, California
This corn maze so big you may want to pack a lunch, and possibly a flaregun.
Kerry, Ireland
Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.
Chino Hills, California
A shockingly detailed small scale recreation of the temples of Abu Simbel.
Marble Falls Township, Texas
Civil War dumping ground for the bodies of terrorized Union sympathizers.
Carthage, Texas
The only international border marker within the United States.
Houston, Texas
An unrealized Taoist palace left abandoned in a Houston suburb.
Glen Rose, Texas
Tracks near this Texas nature site were once thought to support the Creationist belief that man and dino coexisted.
Fort Worth, Texas
A Texas museum filled with Broncos and Betties.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.
Tucson, Arizona
Miniature art that tells an enormous story.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.
Winter Park, Colorado
These decaying bridges 1,000 feet high are a reminder of the skill it took to cross the Colorado Rockies by rail.
Solvang, California
Get up close to emus and ostriches, or buy their tasty meat.
Tamura, Japan
"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.
Himeji, Japan
A remote and slightly overgrown park filled with replicas of world landmarks.
London, England
Since 1887, this old-school shop has stacked its shelves with extraordinary coffees and teas.
Kingsand, England
Half-eaten food on display at an English café.
London, England
Art Deco and “Wrenaissance” mash-up, this recently restored royal residence has been home to kings and comes with secret monkey passages included.
London, England
This artist's home turned gallery/museum preserves the creator's love of "Eastern" influences.