Waukesha, Wisconsin
M-74 Nike Missile Tracking and Control Site.
A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.
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Waukesha, Wisconsin
A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.
Inyo County, California
A massive hydrovolcanic explosion left a half-mile wide crater in Death Valley.
Iceland
This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.
Iceland
A modern artist's primitive stone faces and unique rock instrument join Iceland's terrain with its history.
Reykholt, Iceland
Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Thousands of artifacts tell Mongolia's military history, from the Bronze Age to the present.
Naples, Italy
A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.
Nottingham, England
There's a labyrinth of medieval chambers hidden deep below a 15th-century pub.
Lemmon, South Dakota
This sculpture gallery is home to magnificent beasts made of scrap metal and found objects.
Lemmon, South Dakota
An entire city block built completely out of petrified wood.
Hot Springs, South Dakota
This prehistoric sinkhole lured exclusively male mammoths to their death, much to the delight of science.
Denton, Texas
A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.
Rodellar, Spain
An arresting arch punched straight through a mountain provides one of the most scenic spots, and challenging climbs, on the planet.
Zugarramurdi, Spain
A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
Oudewater, Netherlands
The giant scales in this museum can still tell if someone is one of the devil's brides just by weight.
Kinderdijk, Netherlands
Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.
Waddinxveen, Netherlands
Yup, that's a 330-foot yacht passing over the highway.
Cambrils, Spain
This magical space partly designed by Antoni Gaudi is one of the best examples of romantic gardening in the Mediterranean.
Corbera d'Ebre, Spain
The ruins of a bombed medieval village memorialize the destruction of the Spanish Civil War.
Sant Just Desvern, Spain
An architect transformed this abandoned cement factory into his castle-like workshop.
Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Spain
The abandoned ruins of a beautiful medieval castle just outside Barcelona.
Los Angeles, California
An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.
Rjukan, Norway
For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.