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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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Onomichi, Japan

Shimanami Kaido Bikeway

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

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Newbury, Massachusetts

Plum Island Pink House

This picturesque abandoned home is rumored to be a spite house.

whitneykaharick

Added by whitneykaharick

Geneva, Illinois

Sacred Heart Seminary Shrine

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

erinndoran

Added by erinndoran

London, England

Camera Museum

This museum tucked below a charming cafe gives a brief snapshot of photographic history.

Curioussquirrel

Added by Curioussquirrel

Brihuega, Spain

Cívica

This enchanting hamlet carved into the rock looks like something straight out of Tolkien's Rivendell.

Added by Jimmyp48

Mahila Baag Jhalra

Hidden in the shadow of a rocky fortress is one concubine’s long-forgotten legacy.

Victoria Lautman

Added by Victoria Lautman

Forest Grove, Montana

Bear Gulch Pictographs

A scenic ravine with an astounding collection of rock art created by the Indigenous people of the Great Plains.

hcw2rp

Added by hcw2rp

Stepped Tanks of Hampi

The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.

Added by ToriElliott

Istanbul, Turkey

Ottoman Bird Palaces

The ornate miniature mansions were built for Istanbul's feathered residents.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Seattle, Washington

Book Arts & Rare Book Collections

Peruse rare tomes like poetry bound in pearls or books with branches and berries growing out of their spines.

Jake Uitti

Added by Jake Uitti

Gloucestershire, England

Purton Hulks

Abandoned boats decaying in the largest ship graveyard in mainland Britain.

Added by ducalegon

Blimbing, Indonesia

Kampung Tridi

Bright Indonesian villages painted in a rainbow of competing color schemes.

CanadaGood

Added by CanadaGood

Inyo County, California

Marble Bath

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

Backcountry Explorers

Added by Backcountry Explorers

East Lothian, Scotland

Bass Rock

This tiny island is home to the world's largest colony of Northern gannets.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Hanson Log Boat

This Bronze Age boat was found buried remarkably intact in an English gravel pit.

Dr Alan P Newman

Added by Dr Alan P Newman

Seattle, Washington

Hiram M. Chittenden Locks

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

meganmichelle

Added by meganmichelle

Seattle, Washington

Seattle's Giant Sequoia Tree

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

Jake Uitti

Added by Jake Uitti

Crawfordville, Florida

Wakulla Springs

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Geneva, Switzerland

La Tulipe

A rare, flower-shaped example of Brutalist architecture in Switzerland.

Added by Juju Forbi

Seattle, Washington

Fremont Bridge

From a neon Rapunzel to a bike traffic meter to a street fair color scheme, the most opened drawbridge in the US is a veritable art gallery.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Seattle, Washington

Blue Moon Tavern

This popular bar has been blurring the line between normal and edgy for more than 75 years.

Added by crackdogx

Seattle, Washington

'A Sound Garden'

A huge musical sculpture and other art installations on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration grounds.

Welshpool, New Brunswick

Campobello Island

A quarter mile off the coastal tip of Maine you'll find the "Beloved Island" of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Québec City, Québec

The Murals of Quebec City

A contemporary fresco movement illustrates the region's rich history.

Added by namjustin