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Libby, Montana

Asbestos Town — Libby, Montana

Mining caused an asbestos emergency in this small town.
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Helena, Montana

Stonehouse in Reeder's Alley

One home in the historic strip hides secret compartments and the ghostly songs of long-gone canaries.
Kerry Wolfe Added by Kerry Wolfe
Havre, Montana

Havre Beneath the Streets

After Havre burned down, the best place to build was under the ashes.
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Columbia Falls, Montana

Montana Vortex and House of Mystery

A classic mystery spot complete with spots that are said to make you shrink or grow when you stand on them.
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Forest Grove, Montana

Bear Gulch Pictographs

A scenic ravine with an astounding collection of rock art created by the Indigenous people of the Great Plains.
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Worden, Montana

Pompey's Pillar

The last physical evidence of the Lewis and Clark trail is one of their autographs etched into this giant rock.
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Park County, Montana

Grasshopper Glacier

A rapidly disappearing glacier filled with extinct grasshoppers, perfectly preserved in the ice.
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Arlee, Montana

Garden of One Thousand Buddhas

This giant meditative chakra sits peacefully in the Flathead Valley of western Montana.
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Meagher, Montana

Castle Town Ghost Town

Mining town from the late 1890s, once home to Calamity Jane.
Added by hross
Shanghai, China

Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum

A wall within the institution displays the names of 13,000 Jews who took refuge in the city during World War II.
Courtney Lichterman Added by Courtney Lichterman
Shanghai, China

Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Centre

An collection of Chinese propaganda posters from 1949 to 1979.
Added by vansinne
Shanghai, China

Shanghai's 1933 Slaughterhouse

Rivers of cattle blood gone, a strange Escheresque building remains, the last of its kind.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Shanghai, China

Shimao Wonderland Intercontinental Hotel

The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.
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Beijing, China

China's Wonderland

Beijing's version of Disneyland, completely abandoned, mostly destroyed.
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Beijing, China

Dixia Cheng - Beijing's Underground City

Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.
Luke Cata Added by Luke Cata
Beijing, China

Ming Dynasty Tombs

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.
Added by aerialdomo
Seydisfjordur, Iceland

'How's It Going?' Phone Booth

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.
joshuacarlon Added by joshuacarlon
Höfn, Iceland

Viking Village Film Set

This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.
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Reykholt, Iceland

Snorralaug

This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.
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Heimaey, Iceland

World's Largest Puffin Colony

Every summer local children form "pysja patrols" to save young birds that have wandered from their nests.
Kerry Wolfe Added by Kerry Wolfe
Iceland

Grafarkirkja

The oldest church in Iceland is one of the few to feature ornate decoration.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Singapore

Little Guilin

A disused quarry turned lake in the middle of a residential district.
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Mafra, Portugal

Mafra Palace Library

At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
Condeixa-a-Velha, Portugal

Conimbriga Ruins and Museum

One of the largest Roman settlements in Portugal.
RicardoSJorge Added by RicardoSJorge