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Whitehaven Beach in Whitsunday Island, Australia

Located on Australia's Whitsunday Island, Whitehaven Beach is seven kilometers of miraculous white sand that is perfect for equally pristine visitors. Unlike most beaches in the world Whitehaven gets...

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Danbury Railway Museum in Danbury , Conneticut

Originally built in 1901, the railway station which now houses the Danbury Railway Museum has gone from flourishing travel hub to flourishing volunteer project.After consolidating three separate...

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Raynham Hall Museum in Oyster Bay, New York

This Colonial house was part of George Washington’s spy ring, home of America’s first valentine card, and is supposedly haunted by the ghost of a girl who died of unrequited love for an enemy English...

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Ica Stones st the Cabrera Museum in Ica, Peru

It is a rare object that stimulates the curiosity of archaeologists, ancient astronaut theorists, Atlantis supporters, and creationists who want to prove that dinosaurs co-existed with men: but the...

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Submarine Force Museum in Groton, Conneticut

After its beginnings as the world's largest submarine library, the Submarine Force Museum now also holds countless pieces of sub-maritime history. Located on Connecticut's Thames River the US Navy's...

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Castro de Baroña Celtic Ruins in Porto do Son, Spain

Known as the Castro culture, the Celtic people who once settled the northern parts of what is now Spain and Portugal from approximately the 9th century BC to the Roman era built extensive stone...

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Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve in India

 Over 3,500 acres of roaring reservoirs, ancient temples, rocky cliffs and monsoon-swept plains make up the magnificent Nagarjunsagar-Srisailam Tiger Reserve, largest tiger reserve in India.Spread over...

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Surreal Elevator in Woodside, New York

Elevators could not be more predictable.Though some have ornate interiors and others have spare, utilitarian insides, they're hardly surprising. That's what makes this elevator in a former Macy's...

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Einsteinhaus in Bern, Switzerland

Tucked away on the second floor of an otherwise unremarkable apartment building in Bern, Switzerland, the Einsteinhaus (Einstein House) preserves the workspace which produced some of the most important...

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Marble Palace in Calcutta, India

Built by a wealthy Bengali merchant with a penchant for art and luxury, the Marble Palace in Kolkata recalls a time when Calcutta was known for its opulence.The palace was built by Raja Rajendra...

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Taroko Gorge in Taroko National Park, Taiwan

Made up of towering walls of marble and limestone, covered in abundant sub-tropical greenery, dotted with shrines, riddled with tunnels and spanned by hanging bridges, the extraordinary and dramatic...

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Dunino Den in Dunino, Scotland

Believed by many to be haunted by fairies and other creatures of Celtic legend, the Dunino Den and its surrounding features definitely create a supernatural atmosphere.  In the woods behind the Dunino...

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James Farley Post Office in New York, New York

Squashed between Madison Square Garden and Penn Station, the James Farley Post Office was built in 1912, and is proudly inscribed with the unofficial creed of the United States Postal Service: Neither...

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Salvador Dali Sundial in Paris, France

Up above Rue Saint-Jacques in Paris is a curious sundial designed by artist Salvador Dalí. Its human-like face is a scallop shell, while blue eyes with eyebrows like flames are cast in the concrete.The...

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Red Gate Woods in Willow Springs, Illinois

"Caution - Do Not Dig"A curious epitaph, but a forest preserve is a curious place to house a nuclear reactor laboratory, and Red Gates Woods in Cook County, Illinois had all kinds of unusual happenings...

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Endangered Bighorn Sheep In-Ko-Pah in Jacumba, California

Just off of the roadway below the Anza Borrego Desert View Tower, these gravity defying  creatures can be spotted nestling in the treacherous peaks of Anza-Borrego Park. After dipping to a drastic low...

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Kasbah Aït Benhaddou in Aït Benhaddou, Morocco

As this fortified city full of towering kasbahs and crumbling walls took a beatings from the brutal rains, its citizens defected into more modern digs on the other side of the Ounila River, except for...

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San Lorenzo Aké in Ake, Mexico

The Yucatán is a region well known for having a plethora of Mayan ruins, cenotes, and colonial architecture - demonstrated beautifully by the Hacienda.One of these three things can be found at least...

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National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum in Leadville , Colorado

"Everything begins with mining. Everything!!!"At least that's what the National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum believes. The museum sits in the center of Leadville, Colorado, the town with the highest...

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Peshtigo Fire Museum in Peshtigo, Wisconsin

Peshtigo is the site of The Great Peshtigo Fire, the most lethal natural fire in U.S. history.On Oct. 8, 1871, dry conditions and strong winds invited a deadly inferno the swept through the community...

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