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quiubosimone

Artist / Writer / Teacher. Will rapidly and alarmingly pull over for cool plants, colourful rocks, cemeteries, and megaliths.

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Rhyolite Ghost Town

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Adams, Tennessee

The Bell Witch Cave

Home of an evil witch famous within southern folklore.

Fresno, California

Forestiere Underground Gardens

An underground mansion with fruit-bearing trees and grapes growing beneath the surface of central California.

Forks, Washington

Hall of Mosses

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.

Lily Landes

Added by Lily Landes

Matamata, New Zealand

Hobbiton

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nieuwe Spiegelstraat

An Amsterdam street lined with antique shops each one dedicated to a different obscure collection.

Dylan

Seattle, Washington

Mystery Soda Machine

An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.

Added by danbourn14

Horseshoe Bend

Dramatic river bend surrounds a natural red-rocked pedestal.

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Gerlach, Nevada

Fly Geyser

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Tre

San Francisco, California

Seward Street Slides

Bring your own cardboard to the slippery slopes of concrete hidden in a neighborhood park.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mütter Museum

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.

Added by mbison

San Francisco, California

The Wave Organ

A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.

Added by mbison

Jingwan-gil, South Korea

Jinkwansa Temple

An all-female order shares an ancient culinary art with visitors at their mountaintop monastery.

rachelrummel

Added by rachelrummel

Thaton District, Myanmar (Burma)

Kyaiktiyo Pagoda

A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.

serflac

Added by serflac

Coricancha

A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.

micahspangler

Added by micahspangler

Puquios

The sophisticated hydraulic system of the Nazca civilization.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Iraq al-Amir

Just outside of Jordan's capital lies an ancient castle and intriguing caves dating back to the Copper Age.

Rebecca Byrne

Added by Rebecca Byrne

Choco, Colombia

Darien Gap

Only gap in the 30,000-mile span of roads called the Pan-American Highway.

ronin

Sesquilé, Colombia

Lake of Guatavita

Known as the site of 'El Dorado,' this mysterious lake is rumored to hold gold beneath its waters.

Amber C Snider

Added by Amber C Snider

Dresden, Germany

Pillnitz Camellia

An engineering wonder at Pillnitz Castle protects a precious 230-year-old flowering shrub.

Vololona

Added by Vololona

Shipwreck Lodge

Ten shipwreck-shaped chalets lie along the sand dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Perth, Australia

Bottle Cap Tree

Hundreds of people walk past this palm tree every day without spotting its secret.

Helen from Differentville

Added by Helen from Differentville

Wadi Dawkah Frankincense Trees

These gnarly desert trees produce the prized aromatic resin traded along the ancient incense trail.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi