Winslow, Arizona
Meteor Crater
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Places I've been
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Winslow, Arizona
This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Amboy, California
The ghost town that ended up on Ebay.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Ancient pueblos built into the base of a natural canyon wall.
Béccar, Argentina
A beautiful riverside mansion where the intellectual life of early-20th-century Argentina flourished.
Lawton, Oklahoma
A peculiar forest that was handcrafted for government experiments.
Saint Robert, Missouri
Everything good comes from Uranus
St. Robert, Missouri
Vintage neon signs illuminate highway history.
Carolina Beach, North Carolina
This centuries-old graveyard is the final resting place of the Fort Fisher Hermit.
Wilmington, North Carolina
A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.
Meknes, Morocco
Designed as a labyrinth, this subterranean prison was crafted without bars or doors.
Queens, New York
The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.
Queens, New York
This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.
Melbourne, Australia
Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.
Pateley Bridge, England
The oldest candy store in England has been selling traditional sweets since 1827.
Washington, D.C.
An overlooked memorial honoring the local Washington residents who died in World War I.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A six-ton wedding present for the King of the Scots.
Natchez, Mississippi
This monument to the victims of a tragic explosion is said to turn and look at passing cars.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.
Richmond, Virginia
Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.
Thiells, New York
Decades after testing the polio vaccine on unwitting patients, this historic mental hospital sits in ruin.
Newburyport, Massachusetts
A historic custom house with ties to George Washington is now a shrine to local nautical history.
Szentendre, Hungary
Everything from miniature biblical scenes to life-sized statues are almond-based at this sweet and nutty gallery.
Edgartown, Massachusetts
The scarce remains of a sunken ship peek out from the sand on East Beach.
Russia
One of the most popular attractions in the small resort town of Kabardinka.