Thyborøn, Denmark
Sneglehuset (The Snail House)
A Danish fisherman spent 25 years covering nearly every inch of his home with tens of thousands of shells as a gift to his wife.
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Thyborøn, Denmark
A Danish fisherman spent 25 years covering nearly every inch of his home with tens of thousands of shells as a gift to his wife.
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
A private home collection of more than 3,500 cat figurines.
Veiga, Spain
This house covered in small stones was the work of one man over the course of nearly 30 years.
Koyulus, Kazakhstan
This small canyon is home to a treasure trove of geological oddities.
Ōzora-chō, Japan
Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.
Dhaka, Bangladesh
This colorful palace is an oasis of calm amid the hustle and bustle of the Buriganga riverfront.
Nessebar, Bulgaria
One of the world’s only pink lakes where it's possible to take a dip.
Gyeongju, South Korea
From mid-September to early November, dreamy fields of pink muhly grass spring up all over South Korea.
Monteverde, Costa Rica
A secret climbing tree hides along the side of a Costa Rican road.
Kirkstall, England
Artists have long been drawn to these atmospheric 12th-century ruins.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The world's only museum devoted to the wonders of fluorescence.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Vernazza, Italy
Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.
Province of Matera, Italy
An Italian hillside ghost town.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Ercolano, Italy
Pompeii's less famous neighbor is still revealing her secrets.
Shiraz, Iran
Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.
Brussels, Belgium
Lavish royal estate punctuated with heated greenhouses.
Reykjavik, Iceland
An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Juneau, Alaska
Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.
Takehara, Japan
Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.
Big Major Cay, Bahamas
In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.
Cancún, Mexico
Underwater art project will double as a massive artificial coral reef to help regenerate the damaged ecosystem.