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Aquatic Park Tombstones in San Francisco, California
In order to build a new, swimmer-friendly waterfront on the bay, San Francisco looked to an unusual building supply they just happened to have lying around: Gold Rush era tombstones.San Francisco's...
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Old Burial Ground in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Nestled unobtrusively between a church and bustling Massachusetts Avenue lies the Old Burial Grounds, established in 1635.Visitors can find the graves of eight Harvard presidents, nineteen...
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Lake Nyos in Cameroon
"I could not speak. I became unconscious. I could not open my mouth because then I smelled something terrible ... I heard my daughter snoring in a terrible way, very abnormal.... When crossing to my...
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Houseboats of Regents Canal in London, United Kingdom
Connecting the Grand Union Canal to the River Thames, the 8.6 mile-long Regents Canal cuts across the heart of England's capital city.Though Regents Canal was once a busy throughway for commercial...
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Crane Hotel in Harlingen, The Netherlands
If operating heavy machinery in your pajamas piques your interest, please direct your attention to the Netherlands. Sporting an industrial appearance on the outside, the dockside crane is actually a...
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Colma Necropolis in Colma, California
At the turn of the last century, the boom town, gold, silver and railroad-rich city of San Francisco had a problem: the dead.There were just too many of them. In the early years, huge swaths of land...
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Detroit Children's Zoo in Detroit, Michigan
Not far from the boat clubs and picnic spots on Detroit's Belle Isle are the abandoned remains of the once bustling Detroit Children's Zoo. Opened in 1910 as the Detroit Zoo, this now-overgrown site...
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Museum of Ancient Life in Lehi, Utah
Opened in 2000 as part of the $23-million Thanksgiving Point museum complex in Lehi, Utah, the Museum of Ancient Life contains sixty mounted dinosaur specimens and proclaims itself the largest dinosaur...
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Newby-McMahon Building in Wichita Falls, Texas
Ask ten people from Wichita Falls, Texas the true story behind the rail-thin, heavily windowed building that rises from gritty sandstone warehouses like a red-bricked phoenix hatchling, and you're...
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Grand Canyon Caverns Underground Suite in Peach Springs, Arizona
in the middle of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1961, then-President John F. Kennedy decided to create a safe place for evacuees should the bombs begin to rain down on American heads, and found the...
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New Jersey's Own Volcano in Sussex, New Jersey
The claim that New Jersey is the armpit of America has been leveraged time and time again. Well watch out! This armpit’s got some burn! Well…it did once anyway.Rutan Hill in Sussex county is what...
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Brain collection of Michigan State University in East Lansing, Michigan
This repository of mammalian brains, assembled over 35 years, reflects the rising interest in the evolution of the brain. If you’ve ever wondered what goes on inside the head of a tasmanian devil, here...
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Sanssouci Palace in Potsdam , Germany
Built in the 1740's to act as the summer estate of Prussian king Frederick the Great, Sanssouci Palace has managed to maintain its opulence though hundreds of years worth of war and political upheaval....
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Mac the Moose in Moose Jaw, Canada
Mac the Moose, standing 32 feet (9.8 m) tall, is reportedly the largest moose on Earth. He was built in 1984 to attract tourists, and functions the same today.Saskatoon artist Don Foulds created Mac...
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Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California
For 50 years the antics of Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Woodstock, Lucy, and the rest of Charles M. Schulz's iconic "Peanuts" gang delighted readers nationwide from their home in America's funny pages. By...
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Currituck Beach Lighthouse in Corolla, North Carolina
The Outer Banks are well-known for their black-and-white striped lighthouses at Bodies Island and Hatteras, but in Corolla stands the red-bricked, gothic-inspired Currituck Beach Lighthouse.The beacon...
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The Silver Dragon - Qiantang River Tidal Bore in Jiaxing, China
The rising tide coming in from Hangzhou Bay is funneled by the shape of the Qiantang River into the world's largest tidal bore, a long breaking wave known as the Silver Dragon which sometimes reaches...
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Mackinac Island in Mackinac Island, Michigan
"Resolved: That the running of horseless carriages be prohibited within the limits of the village of Mackinac." — Mackinac Island Village Council, July 6, 1898When Lake Huron's Mackinac Island...
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Nantucket Whaling Museum in Nantucket, Massachusetts
Housed in a 19th century candle factory that once used spermaceti oil for its illuminating products, the Nantucket Whaling Museum is now a capsule of the history of whaling in the area, and its...
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Kansas City Library's Giant Bookshelf in Kansas City, Missouri
One of the most striking features of downtown Kansas City, MO, is the facade of the parking garage for the Central Branch of the public library. Covered in signboard mylar, the garage appears to be a...
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