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Essence of hound's tongue and tincture of bloodroot are just the tip of the herbalist iceberg at this beautiful, impressively-stocked apothecary.

The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.

The cell which saved the life of Ludger Sylbaris, "the man who lived through Doomsday."

This famous bridge twisted itself into oblivion, but not for the reason you might think.

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

A site outside Pedraza, Spain where a plaque tells a tale of seven-legged creatures that were said to have once lived in the area—in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.

A land of debatable treasure.

A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.

A hotly contested micro-nation off the coast of Montserrat.

An old-timey peepshow allows visitors to gawk at some of the world's most freakishly large footwear.

An undulating wicker beast looms peacefully atop a sand dune in Belgium.

The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.

A "Minnesota-style" pizza parlor in the Scandinavian heart of Seattle.

A commemorative mural in this tiny Ballard park honors the neighborhood's rich Scandinavian ties, particularly with Seattle's Norwegian sister city Bergen.

Buddha and Jesus tower over this French mountainside headquarters of the Aumism religious cult.

An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.