San Bernardino County, California
Mojave Lava Tube
A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.
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San Bernardino County, California
A volcanic tunnel illuminated by natural skylights offers a shaded respite from the desert sun.
Iceland
A winding, blood-red tunnel of hardened lava navigable by foot.
Iceland
This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.
Iceland
These enlarged egg sculptures represent the native birds of eastern Iceland.
Höfn, Iceland
This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.
Boden N, Sweden
A series of modernist treehouse hotel rooms grace the outskirts of an Arctic forest.
Kiruna, Sweden
The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.
Rome, Italy
This hidden Art Nouveau courtyard is an opulent feast for the eyes.
Kobe, Japan
A collection of the specialized tools used to construct Japan’s beautiful architecture.
Hrabušice, Slovakia
Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.
Port Townsend, Washington
An abandoned network of military bunkers and tunnels open for anyone willing to descend into the darkness.
Naples, Italy
A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.
Naours, France
A centuries-old complex of hand-dug stone chambers has sheltered locals in times of trouble.
Nushabad, Iran
A 1,500-year-old, 3-story subterranean city where ancient Persians took refuge in times of war.
Lota, Chile
The hellish conditions of this abandoned mine that snakes beneath the Pacific Ocean gave it its diabolic name.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The secret room where early Bolsheviks cranked out propaganda fliers on a smuggled printing press.
East Tigray, Ethiopia
Reaching the "Church in the Sky" requires scaling the cliff face of a sandstone pinnacle with a 650-foot drop.
Agoura Hills, California
The beloved dining spot stands at the cross-section of Hollywood and the Old West.
Truckee, California
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Leavenworth, Washington
The site of the Wellington avalanche, one of the America's worst railroad disasters.
Enniskillen, Northern Ireland
A meandering boardwalk across the bogland leads to a "stairway to heaven" with sublime views.
Berlin, Germany
An abandoned NSA listening post on Berlin's "Devil's Mountain."
Berlin, Germany
The music is over at the Ballhaus Riviera Ballroom, but the ballroom remains in haunting disrepair.
Berlin, Germany
A museum dedicated to the history of a terrifying secret police is now held in their former headquarters.