CUE (Cards, The Universe, and Everything)

Places that have been featured in the mobile game CUE.

105 Places

Salem, Massachusetts

The Witch House of Salem

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Dylan

County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Giant's Causeway

Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.

michelle

Added by michelle

Bryce Canyon

Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."

Added by CherrieGRuth

Hyden, Australia

Wave Rock

This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.

SamM

Wadi Rum Village, Jordan

Wadi Rum

Known as the "Valley of the Moon," this Jordanian wadi is one of the most amazing desertscapes on Earth.

Andrea IX

Added by Andrea IX

Holtålen, Norway

Hessdalen AMS

Research station devoted to mysterious floating lights seen in a Norwegian valley.

Skeletons of Roopkund Lake

A lake with hundreds of ancient skeletons surrounding it. The surprise is what killed them.

Dylan

Meškuičių seniūnija, Lithuania

Hill of Crosses

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

ronin

Prague, Czechia

Prague Astronomical Clock

Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.

michelle

Added by michelle

Catacombes de Paris

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

San Jose, California

The Winchester Mystery House

A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.

Added by mbison

Kutna Hora, Czechia

Sedlec Ossuary "Bone Church"

A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.

Wieliczka, Poland

Wieliczka Salt Mine

An underground city of salt.

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Added by michelle

Daniel Campos, Bolivia

Uyuni Salt Flat

A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.

Dylan

Giant Buddha

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

Beth Gherlein

Added by Beth Gherlein

St. Valentine's Skull

The skull of the patron saint of lovers lies in the Basilica di Santa Maria in Cosmedin—maybe.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Vista Hermosa, Colombia

Caño Cristales

An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."

Wierschem, Germany

Eltz Castle - Burg Eltz

This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.

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Added by serflac

Bran Castle

The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."

Lizzy Mae van Son

Added by Lizzy Mae van Son

Slope Point, New Zealand

Slope Point

The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

La Palma, Spain

Roque de los Muchachos Observatory

This mountaintop observatory is home to one of the world's largest reflective telescopes.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Hartford, Connecticut

Charter Oak Frame

A portrait of the Charter Oak hangs in a frame made from the Charter Oak.

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Added by e1savage

Shilin Stone Forest

270 million year-old forest of stone.

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Added by leiris

Antsalova, Madagascar

Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park and Nature Reserve

Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.

Gerlach, Nevada

Fly Geyser

A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.

Tre

Bhangarh, India

Bhangarh Fort

This abandoned fort is said to be the most haunted place in India, so much so that entry is prohibited after sunset.

Added by nielscordes

Abhaneri, India

Chand Baori

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

County Antrim, Northern Ireland

The Dark Hedges

The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Trona, California

Trona Pinnacles

One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.

Added by BrianDunning

Mount Thor

Earth's greatest purely vertical drop at 4,101 feet.

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Added by canuck

Brevard, North Carolina

Looking Glass Rock

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.

Michelle Cassidy

Added by Michelle Cassidy

Boston, Massachusetts

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (The Gardner)

Two thousand artifacts from around the world collected by one woman who loved to travel.

Nicholas Jackson

Added by Nicholas Jackson

Stapleford, England

The Hemlock Stone

Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.

Capemarsh

Added by Capemarsh

Skellig Michael

Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.

Added by humanist

Hagley, England

Wychbury Obelisk

An 18th century monument regularly tagged with unsettling graffiti referencing a 1940s unsolved murder.

Allison

Added by Allison

Metropol Parasol

The world's largest wooden structure.

atimian

Added by atimian

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The Dubai Frame

The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.

Added by solarconstant

Werfen, Austria

Eisriesenwelt

The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.

Alicia Bones

Added by Alicia Bones

Reynisdrangar

Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.

Älvdalen S, Sweden

Old Tjikko

The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.

Chris White

Added by Chris White

Richfield, Utah

Pando, the Trembling Giant

One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.

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Sequoia National Park, California

General Sherman

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Snæfellsjökull

A formerly glacier-tipped volcano that inspired none other than Jules Verne.

Added by crisurdiales

Belpasso, Italy

Mount Etna

The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.

Allison

Added by Allison

Ise Grand Shrine

This ancient shrine has been rebuilt every 20 years since the eighth century.

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Added by lewblank

Cornwall, England

The Eden Project

The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.

atimian

Added by atimian

Svalbard Seed Bank

Cold storage for agricultural biodiversity.

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Added by stanestane

Barcelona, Spain

Sagrada Família

Construction of Barcelona's iconic (but controversial) church is expected to be completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

Leslie McIntyre

Added by Leslie McIntyre