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Bastrop, Texas

The Gas Station

The pit stop from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" now serves beef and pork barbecue, not people.
Reina Gattuso Added by Reina Gattuso
Pāhoa, Hawaii

Big Island Lava Flow

Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.
EmilyYaMei Added by EmilyYaMei
Anchorage, Alaska

The Seward Highway

Considered by many to be one of the most dangerous highways in Alaska.
rbt45769 Added by rbt45769
Ketchikan, Alaska

Totem Bight State Historical Park

This historic collection of Native Alaskan artifacts was resurrected through a partnership between the WPA and tribal artisans.
littlebrumble Added by littlebrumble
Juneau, Alaska

Mendenhall Glacier

A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
Added by tdl4
Forks, Washington

Second Beach

A surreal landscape where fanged rocks rise from the ground and the ocean feels like a great mystery.
Destination aficionado Added by Destination aficionado
Forks, Washington

Hall of Mosses

Stroll through a wonderland of stupendous moss-covered trees.
Lily Landes Added by Lily Landes
Nassau, Bahamas

Queen's Staircase

This staircase in a lush tropical grotto was built by enslaved laborers and renamed to honor Queen Victoria's role in ending slavery in the British Empire.
Added by aarongoode
Xian Shi, China

Great Mosque of Xi'an

Although resembling a grand Buddhist temple, this structure is actually the largest mosque in China.
Fred Cherrygarden Added by Fred Cherrygarden
Xian Shi, China

Xi'an City Walls

An ancient fortification lives on in this Chinese city.
katielou106 Added by katielou106
Shanghai, China

Shanghai Propaganda Poster Art Centre

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

Bailong Elevator

The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
Zhangjiajie, China

Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge

The latest in a series of long glass bridges suspended at terrifying heights.
Molly McBride Jacobson Added by Molly McBride Jacobson
Zhangjiajie, China

Tianmen Skywalk

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.
Added by Mordy
Zhangjiajie, China

Tianmen Shan

A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.
atimian Added by atimian
Zhangjiajie, China

Avatar Hallelujah Mountain

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”
lewblank Added by lewblank
Guilin, China

Reed Flute Cave

Hidden behind musical flora and forgotten for over a thousand years, this cave is now a neon dream.
Added by jloasby
Ngong Ping, Hong Kong

Tian Tan Buddha

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.
atimian Added by atimian
Hong Kong

Kowloon Walled City Park

Remnants of the most densely packed city in world history, that thrived on anarchy for 30 years.
atimian Added by atimian
Beijing, China

Chairman Mao Memorial Hall

The embalmed remains of the communist leader lie within a custom crystal coffin.
Added by declanmar
Beijing, China

798 Art District

This probably wasn't what Mao had in mind.
Added by Facebook518800246
Beijing, China

Ming Dynasty Tombs

Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.
Added by aerialdomo
Beijing, China

The Forbidden City

The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Added by Rob
Berkeley, California

UC Berkeley's Nobel Laureate Parking Spaces

The Laureates here get something even more coveted than a Nobel Prize: free parking for life.
hrnick Added by hrnick