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Dean Wiseman

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Places I've been

Places this traveler has marked as been there.

Arch at Pearson.

Mullan, Idaho

Hiawatha Trail

Cross the Continental Divide through an old railroad tunnel, and ride back to the top on a shuttle.

Outside cave, showing other end of collapsed lava tube.

Shoshone, Idaho

Shoshone Ice Caves

This underground cave located in the most barren reaches of Idaho is filled with ice year-round.

The Reserve is situated in the spectacular scenery of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area.

Stanley, Idaho

Central Idaho Dark Sky Reserve

Experience the wonders of a pristine night sky in this landscape free from light pollution.

Chairs from Guntown's original chairlift lay rusty below it.
Permanently Closed

Cave City, Kentucky

Funtown Mountain

An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

The Gorge Underground

Rogers, Kentucky

The Gorge Underground

Explore the flooded remains of a limestone mine in Kentucky.

Hidden River Cave

Horse Cave, Kentucky

Hidden River Cave

Once one of the most polluted caves in America, now an environmental success story and a museum dedicated to caves.

View from Route 160 up Black Mountain

Partridge, Kentucky

Black Mountain

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

A sad sight for car collectors everywhere

Bowling Green, Kentucky

National Corvette Museum Sinkhole

Eight rare Corvettes are swallowed up by a sinkhole in Kentucky's National Corvette Museum.

Faneuil Hall Weathervane

Boston, Massachusetts

Faneuil Hall Weathervane

An interesting decoration on this historic site, this weathervane comes with as many legends as it does questions.

Bascarsija

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bascarsija

Oriental bazaar in the heart of Sarajevo.

October 14, 2016, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Museum of the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand and latin Bridge

Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Museum of the Assassination of Franz Ferdinand

The place where World War I began.

Tjeniste War Memorial

Tjentište, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Tjentiste War Memorial

These warring psychedelic crags commemorate an unsuccessful military operation.

Stari Most

Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Stari Most

Bridge that died in war and was resurected.

Montjuïc Cemetery

Barcelona, Spain

Montjuïc Cemetery

This cemetery features modernist statues as strange as its name.

One of the many sinkholes in the park.

Nassau, Bahamas

Primeval Forest National Park

Impressive sink holes fill this untouched old-growth forest in the Bahamas.

Dean's Blue Hole

Bahamas

Dean's Blue Hole

One of the deepest blue holes in the world.

The Cairo Citadel, 2007.

Cairo, Egypt

Citadel of Saladin

The medieval center of the Islamic world was also once the seat of Saladin's sultanate.

The Hanging Church.

Cairo, Egypt

The Hanging Church

Standing atop 2nd-century Roman ruins, this church is one of the oldest and most iconic in Old Cairo.

The Djoser Pyramid (4,700 years old) and a camel (age unknown).

Badrshein, Egypt

Pyramid of Djoser

This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.

Forth Bridge

Inverkeithing, Scotland

Forth Bridge

A remarkable feat of Victorian engineering across the Firth of Forth.

The pools below the waterfall.

Ballachulish, Scotland

The Meeting of Three Waters

The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

Old Packhorse Bridge

Carrbridge, Scotland

Old Packhorse Bridge

Designed to allow funerals to proceed over the River Dulnain.

Ossian's Hall of Mirrors

Perth and Kinross, Scotland

Ossian's Hall of Mirrors

Described by William Wordsworth as a "World of Wonder."

Pitlochry Fish Ladder

Pitlochry, Scotland

Pitlochry Fish Ladder

An exceptional engineering feat that facilitates the migration of salmon upstream during their breeding season.

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