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Tree of Life
Tree of LifeUnusual tale of vegetation and fertility in the desertImpossibly squeezing moisture from grains of sand, one tree in Bahrain has found a way to thrive in the desert. The Sharajat-al-Hayat...
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Wood Buffalo National Park
Wood Buffalo National Park Canada's largest national park, originally established to protect the last remaining herds of wood bison in the countryEstablished in 1922, Canada's Wood Buffalo National...
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Heidelberg Project
Heidelberg ProjectOne man's attempt to create an artistic wonder on a run-down block in DetroitTyree Guyton grew up in a Detroit that was still a thriving city, and his house was in a growing,...
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Hapsburg Imperial Crypt
Hapsburg Imperial CryptFinal resting place for the remains of 143 Hapsburg royaltyHapsburg funerals were elaborate affairs. Death loomed large in the cultural life of the Viennese for centuries...
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The Vegreville Pysanka
The Vegreville PysankaPossibly the world’s easiest Easter-egg huntLocated in Vegreville, Alberta, the world’s largest easter egg (in the fashion of a Ukranian Easter egg or "pysanka") weighs in at 5000...
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Church of the Frescoes
Church of the FrescoesRural churches in the middle of nowhere with religious frescoes by famous artist.A small church in North Carolina was the first to be graced by large, Italian-style frescoes...
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The Sculptures of M.T. Liggett
The Sculptures of M.T. LiggettMetal sculpture folk art lining the Kansas HighwayJust west of the small town of Mullinville on Highway 154 (US route 400) can be found hundreds of bizarre and abstract...
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West Virginia State Penitentiary
West Virginia State PenitentiaryBeyond your average beatings and shankings, this pen has a pretty bloody undercurrent running through its historyEstablished in 1866, the West Virginia State...
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St. Urho's Day - Menahga, Minnesota
St. Urho's Day - Menahga, MinnesotaHome of St. Urho, the fictional patron saint of FinlandIn 1956, while working at the Ketola's Department Store in Virginia, Minnesota a coworker asked Richard Mattson...
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Red Sea Star
Red Sea StarUnderwater restaurant at the coral reefs of EilatThere are few places to dine where the table next to you is a colorful school of fish passing, and a window next to your silverware leads...
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City Hall Station
City Hall StationA beautiful and abandoned New York subway station from 1904, complete with chandelier The Interborough Rapid Transit opened on October 27, 1904, to the joy of New York subway riders....
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Igloo City
Igloo CityFour-story concrete hotel never opened to customersIgloo City in Cantwell, Alaska, is the strangest kind of tourist attraction. First, it's in a remote region of one of the most remote states...
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Jicamarca Ionospheric Radio Observatory
Jicamarca Ionospheric Radio ObservatoryEnormous array of antennae fill a desert valleyThe primary instrument at the Jicamarca Radio Observatory is an incoherent scatter radar, a type of atmospheric...
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Beverly Clock
Beverly ClockRunning since 1864, this clock has yet to be wound, possibly the longest running science experiment knownDespite many attempts, and many claims, of having built a perpetual motion machine,...
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Giant Clothespin Sculpture
Giant Clothespin SculptureSculpture designed by Turkish artist and professor Mehmet Ali UysalBuilt for the Festival of the Five Seasons in Chaudfontaine Park, which lies on the outskirts of Liege,...
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Kaali Meteorite Crater Field
Kaali Meteorite Crater FieldMysterious craters may have been home to an ancient cultKaali, on the Estonian island of Saaremaa, is the site of the last giant meteorite impact to occur in a densely...
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Petra
PetraAn ancient capital city 3000 years old and harboring many surprisesBuilt sometime between 1550 and 1292 BCE as a capital city for the Nabataeans, a Semitic people, Petra is perhaps one of the most...
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Jiuzhaigou Valley
Jiuzhaigou Valley Snow-capped peaks, colorful waterfalls and stunning vistas on the edge of the Himalayas In just 35 years, the remote Jiuzhaigou Valley has undergone some serious changes. In the...
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Tongzi Dan: Boy Eggs
Tongzi Dan: Boy EggsUrine-soaked Chinese eggsTongzi Dan or Boy Eggs, are urine-soaked hard-boiled eggs that straddle a line somewhere between local tradition and modern medicine. Although the concept...
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Kowloon Walled City Park
Kowloon Walled City ParkRemnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years At its peak, Kowloon had a population density of 3,300,000 people per square...
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