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Naica, Mexico

Giant Crystals of Naica

A gargantuan crystal kingdom.
Winslow, Arizona

Meteor Crater

This 4,000-foot-diameter hole is touted as "the most well known, best preserved meteorite crater on Earth."
Breezewood, Pennsylvania

Abandoned Pennsylvania Turnpike

An abandoned stretch of highway, deteriorating next to the operational one.
London, England

The Mail Rail

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Orfield Labs Quiet Chamber

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.
Devils Tower, Wyoming

Devils Tower

The first declared National Monument in the United States.
Beatty, Nevada

Rhyolite Ghost Town

Odd outsider art installations surround a Gold Rush-era ghost town.
Sweetwater, Tennessee

Lost Sea

Enormous lake at the bottom of a unique cave system.
London, England

The Lost River Fleet

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.
Matamata, New Zealand

Hobbiton

The real life Hobbiton, this sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for The Hobbit film series.
Victoria Falls, Zambia

Devil's Swimming Pool

The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.
Grindavík, Iceland

Blue Lagoon

Medicinal spa created with the discharge from a geothermal energy plant.
Belize

Great Blue Hole

A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.
Berlin, Germany

Spreepark

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.
Puerto Río Tranquilo, Chile

Marble Caves of Chile Chico

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.
Aristes, Pennsylvania

Centralia

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.
Turkmenistan

The Gates of Hell

A fiery crater has been burning in the Karakum Desert since 1971.
Dripping Springs, Texas

Hamilton Pool

An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Kissimmee, Florida

Splendid China

Once featuring over 60 miniature replicas of famous Chinese locations, the Splendid China theme park was completely abandoned and is now mostly rubble.
Deer Isle, Maine

Nervous Nellie's Jams and Jellies

Sculptures, jams, and the wild west collide at this folksy retreat.
South Bristol, Maine

Thompson Ice House Harvesting Museum

For nearly 200 years the same family has harvested ice from a small pond in eastern Maine.
South Bay, Florida

Gatorland

One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.
West Palm Beach, Florida

Unit 11 in the Everglades

A failed, un-built suburb that has been going feral for decades.
Falmouth, Florida

Falmouth Springs

The so-called "world's shortest river" is actually a window into a cave.