Sochi, Russia
Eagle Cliffs
These limestone cliffs are associated with the Greek myth of Prometheus.
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Sochi, Russia
These limestone cliffs are associated with the Greek myth of Prometheus.
Sligo, Ireland
This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.
Leek, England
This tiny little pool is said to be home to a malicious mermaid named Jenny Greenteeth.
Iceland
Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.
Snugborough, Ireland
A Neolithic passage tomb said to have sheltered two legendary Irish lovers.
Kolomyya, Ukraine
Welcome to the world's only museum dedicated to the Ukranian Easter egg.
Prague, Czechia
Dedicated to the unsung history of human waste.
San Francisco, California
Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.
Austin, Minnesota
Ever wanted to can Spam?
Jonesport, Maine
The whole of Maine's history with the salty little fish is packed into this tiny coastal museum.
La Crosse, Kansas
A museum documents the development of the invention that tamed the Wild West.
Mesopotamos, Greece
Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Royse City, Texas
This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.
Shime, Japan
Japan’s only surviving winding tower.
Wasilla, Alaska
Cold War missile site at high alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis, now a post-apocalyptic backdrop.
Berlin, Germany
One of the best-preserved pieces of DDR propaganda in Berlin.
Schleiden, Germany
This former Nazi castle was built as a school to train what would have been the future of the Third Reich.
Schleiden, Germany
An eerie ghost village hidden in the forests of the Eifel, frozen in a strange postwar limbo.
Lupșa, Romania
Even drowned in an ocean of toxic waste, the remnants of this Romanian village stand tall.
Butte, Montana
New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.
Barcelona, Spain
A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.