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Vaiaku, Tuvalu

Funafuti Airport Airstrip

With only one flight in and out a week, the unfenced runway at this small island's airport transforms into a seaside park for locals and visitors.
Sarah Durn Added by Sarah Durn
Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California

San Nicolas Island

A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."
AaronNetsky Added by AaronNetsky
Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Thomas Pursell’s Escape Burial Hatch

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.
Added by Rachel Gould
Šibenik, Croatia

Sea Tunnel at St. Anthony’s Canal

This unique structure allowed boats to bypass underwater mine barriers in the channel to enter the harbor.
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San Jose, California

The Winchester Mystery House

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Added by mbison
Valenciennes, France

Abandoned Eurostar Train

This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
London, England

The Churchill Arms

This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.
isaacschultz Added by isaacschultz
Nunavut

Sub-Sub-Sub Island on Victoria Island

The Arctic Archipelago is home to world's largest third order island: an island in a lake on an island in a lake on an island.
lewblank Added by lewblank
Achnashellach, Scotland

The Teahouse Bothy

This tiny getaway tucked away in an uninhabited Scottish valley isn't your ordinary teahouse.
Added by peterferretter
Michamvi, Tanzania

The Rock

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.
rachelrummel Added by rachelrummel
Staten Island, New York

Nonnas of the World

A restaurant on Staten Island showcases a different grandmother’s cooking every night.
Added by mwilli
Machynlleth, Wales

Bron-Yr-Aur

Led Zeppelin wrote some of their most iconic songs at this little 18th-century Welsh cottage.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Gwynedd, Wales

Portmeirion Village

A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."
Added by lercio
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Duquesne Incline

There aren't too many operational funiculars around, but Pittsburgh has two!
Added by brickhound
Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia

Manyate Coffee Village

An Ethiopian cloud forest protects some of the last wild arabica plants.
rachelrummel Added by rachelrummel
Predjama, Slovenia

Predjama Castle

Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.
Dampo Added by Dampo
Iglesias, Italy

Nebida Laveria

On the coast of Sardinia, a once-great mining village is finding new life as a coastal resort town.
serflac Added by serflac
Masua, Italy

Porto Flavia

This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
Pāhoa, Hawaii

Puna End of the Road

In 2018, Pohoiki Road was severed by lava flowing from the eruption of Kilauea.
boeingsandbikes Added by boeingsandbikes
Naftah, Tunisia

Leftover 'Star Wars' Sets

Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Cambrils, Spain

Parc Samà

This magical space partly designed by Antoni Gaudi is one of the best examples of romantic gardening in the Mediterranean.
Dr Alan P Newman Added by Dr Alan P Newman
Richmond, Virginia

The Grand Kugel

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.
Added by MarkL
Gasadalur Village, Faroe Islands

Gásadalur Village

This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Ica, Peru

Huacachina

An unexpected desert oasis in South America.
serflac Added by serflac