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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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Inuvik, Unorganized, Northwest Territories

The Smoking Hills

These hellish-looking cliffs in the Canadian Arctic have been burning for centuries.

SamM

Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Netherlands

Beth Haim Cemetery

A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.

Claudia Crobatia

Added by Claudia Crobatia

London, England

British Library Treasures Gallery

The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Iron Soup

There is beauty and history in the ruins of this former company town.

MrPExplores

Added by MrPExplores

Jenner, California

Fort Ross

The southernmost outpost of the Russian Empire in colonial America.

LameDuck99

Added by LameDuck99

Inverness, California

Point Reyes Lighthouse

The lighthouse central to the 1980s horror classic "The Fog" is, in fact, located in one of the foggiest areas of the Pacific Coast.

Andres Schiffino

Added by Andres Schiffino

Santana do Riacho, Brazil

Cachoeira do Lajeado

This unique 230-foot waterfall is a natural beauty hidden within the vast wild landscape.

Added by LeoPat

East Renfrewshire, Scotland

Rouken Glen Park Waterfalls

These semi-natural waterfalls hint at the park's Victorian-era industrial past.

Jonny Keen

Added by Jonny Keen

Bar Harbor, Maine

Jordan Pond Popovers

These light, hollow rolls have been linked to Acadia National Park since the 1890s.

Abby Hanson

Added by Abby Hanson

Chicago, Illinois

Merz Apothecary

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

Rebekah Otto

Added by Rebekah Otto

Park Ridge, Illinois

American Science & Surplus

A science teacher's dream.

Rebekah Otto

Added by Rebekah Otto

Cochin, Saskatchewan

Cochin Lighthouse

The unusual lighthouse looms over waves of prairies with no sea in sight.

Added by chlang

Clear Fork, West Virginia

Luther Elkins Petroglyphs

A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.

Doc Nicholas

Added by Doc Nicholas

Eglon, West Virginia

Our Lady of the Pines

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

unknowndetails

Added by unknowndetails

Chester, West Virginia

World's Largest Teapot

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

Added by mdschill

Moundsville, West Virginia

Grave Creek Mound

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

Added by joeyorko

Spencer, West Virginia

Curious Rock

A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.

Added by weddingsbymindy

Fayetteville, West Virginia

New River Gorge Bridge

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

rellehcim

Added by rellehcim

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

TNT Area

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

Dave

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Mothman Statue

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland

Puck's Castle

There might not be much left of these Irish ruins, but their linguistic legacy is still going strong.

UrbexJunkie

Added by UrbexJunkie

The Cairo Genizah

Hundreds of thousands of ancient documents offer a unique glimpse into Jewish life in Cairo.

Added by oksanam

Waxhaw, North Carolina

The Museum of the Alphabet

Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.

Boonville, California

Boontling Language of Boonville

A local dialect born in the late 19th century is only spoken in this isolated California valley.

Added by hj2fowler