While most tourists trudge to the usual museums, churches, and historic sites, other travelers seek out tours that are unusual or out-of-the-way. Obsessive collections of junk? Factory tours? Tours of underground tunnels? Abandoned ruins? Crime scenes? Weird tours provide a unique perspective on oddball places that don’t usually qualify as "tourist attractions".
Photo by Ross Mytton, 27 July 2008
In the bustling central market of Accra one can find just about anything for a good price...if you're willing to bargain a little.
Photo by Kate Blood, 25 July 2008
They're creepy and they're kooky; Mysterious and spooky...
Photo by Joshua Blankman, 28 March 2008
People exploring the 190 foot outcrop, King and Queen Seat, in Rocks State Park in Maryland, USA.
Photo by Lauren Girardin, 23 July 2008
On a sweltering Nashville summer day, sisters Sheri Lynn and Brenda Kay encourage riders to bring a small cooler of beer on board the big pink bus for the NashTrash Tour.
Photo by Unmesh Kuttan, 23 July 2008
Rope between Brick Kiln; Kerala
Photo by Elidio Joao Francisco Fernandes, 23 July 2008
Angels, soldiers, pirates stand motionless....
Article by Jane Keeler, 23 July 2008
About forty-five minutes from the small Russian city of Vladimir sits the remains of the Khrapovitsky Estate, a former glorious monument to the wealth and megalomania of the Russian nobility, now disintegrating into the weeds.
Photo by Rich Hendricks, 22 July 2008
Trekking through the jungle in Pai in northern Thailand close to the Burma border one must have a fearless guide.
Photo by Jordan Kobert, 21 July 2008
Article by Jordan Kobert, 21 July 2008
Anyone who lives in San Francisco has seen them.
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