Neptune Memorial Reef in Miami, Florida
Ancient looking columns guarded by carved lions guard the entryway into a "lost city" 40 feet below the surface of the sea, complete with stone roads, soaring gates, and crumbling ruins.Originally...
View ArticleGorki Leninskiye in Moscow Region, Russia
This palatial estate was the final home of the Soviet leader Lenin, and is now preserved as a museum to his memory.Among the numerous possessions on display are his Rolls Royce Silver Ghost ready for...
View ArticleSpace Window at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, District of...
On July 21, 1974, five years after making history as the first men to set foot on the moon, Apollo 11 astronauts Michael Collins, Neil Armstrong, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin presented the Washington...
View ArticlePreston Castle in Ione, California
Construction for this 46,000 square-foot, 120-room Romanesque “castle” was started in 1890. The building’s bricks were made by nearby Folsom and San Quentin inmates and shipped via rail to Ione, in...
View ArticleYonaguni-jima Kaitei Chikei - Yonaguni Monument in Ryuku Islands, Japan
The Yonaguni-jima Kaitei Chikei, literally translated as "Yonaguni Island Submarine Topography," is an underwater mystery off the coast of the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. The massive underwater rock...
View ArticleThird Tunnel of Aggression in Paju-si, South Korea
For the most part, every inch of the world can be explored. If you can fly, drive or walk to it, it’s fair game. The Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea represents one of the few stretches...
View ArticleGiant Pinks Slugs of Mount Kaputar in Kaputar, Australia
The small alpine forest at Mount Kaputar's peak is believed by scientists to be the result of unique circumstances that have preserved a tiny remnant of Australia's geological past. Measuring only 10...
View ArticleMini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures in Tucson, Arizona
The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures transports visitors through space, time and imagination, through the observation of each unique little piece of art.Each figurine and mini setting has its own...
View ArticleShip Breaking Yard of Gadani in Gadani, Pakistan
Uncluttered beaches with gleaming white sand and gently lapping waves are really quite common. Or at least images of them are, as they decorate office cubicles, computer screen savers and vacation...
View ArticleGreat Sand Sea Glass of the Libyan Desert in Egypt
A very special and remote area between the sand dunes of the southwest corner of Egypt, the Great Sand Sea presents a rare and mysterious treasure.There are many theories about the origins of the...
View ArticleTomb of Christopher Columbus in Seville, Spain
Just inside the Cathedral door of Seville’s massive cathedral stands a monument to Christopher Columbus. His tomb is held aloft by four allegorical figures representing the four kingdoms of Spain...
View ArticleCape Kaliakra in Balgarevo, Bulgaria
Cape Kaliakra, situated on the north Bulgarian Black Sea coast, has long been the focus of local myths and legends. This scenic, grassy peninsula may appear calm today, but in the past it has seen...
View ArticleCenote Xkeken in Valladolid, Mexico
Before the rise of 21st century Mexican drug kingpins, and severed heads in the desert, the Mexican Underworld had a significantly different meaning.Instead of accessing the Underworld through a dirty...
View ArticleBlue Cave of Bisevo in Bisevo Island, Croatia
The blue cave of Bisevo is not terribly easy to visit.First, you must get yourself to the Croatian island of Vis, by ferry from the city of Split. Once there, travel by bus or motorbike to the other...
View ArticleRobinson's Liberty Bells in Woodland Hills, California
When the wind blows, the columns of bells sound against one another, further aural intrigue created by the more highly pitched wind chimes substituted for the the bells' central strikers. A mysterious...
View ArticleMuseum of Clean in Pocatello, Idaho
Hundreds of museums around the world are dedicate to people, places, things, or periods of history. This museum is devoted to a value: the value of clean. According to the Museum of Clean's website,...
View ArticleNara Dreamland in Nara, Japan
In 1961, Nara Dreamland was the Japanese answer to Southern California's legendary Disneyland, and shared several of its themes and features, including its very own Main Street U.S.A.Unfortunately it...
View ArticleMoe's Books in Berkeley, California
Located on the equally enigmatic Telegraph Avenue in a town whose culture shaped the international '60s zeitgeist, Moe's Books, founded in 1959 by Moe and Barbara Moskowitz, moved from its original...
View ArticleThe lost city of Heracleion in Alexandria, Egypt
It was only a legend. Appearing in a few rare inscriptions and ancient texts the city of Thonis-Heracleion was not something anyone expected to find, and no on was looking for it. So it was something...
View ArticleThe Happy Foot/Sad Foot Sign in Los Angeles, California
The young son of a former head-of-clinic at the podiatry office drew the cartoon feet that were to grace the sign--a happy (healthy) foot on one side and a sad (unhealthy) foot on the other. Little did...
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