Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy
Santuario Madonna della Corona
This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.
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Ferrara di Monte Baldo, Italy
This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.
Oregon City, Oregon
This Oregon farm is dedicated to teaching people the professional art of tree climbing.
Ennetbürgen, Switzerland
The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.
Krusevo, North Macedonia
Space-age monument to an early 20th-century uprising.
Ratanak Mondul, Cambodia
A quick and simple solution to Cambodia's train woes.
Estonia
A decommissioned submarine base makes a great space for graffiti art.
Bend, Oregon
The longest continuous lava tube in Oregon.
Villamarzana, Italy
Two planes stand abandoned after the closure of an aircraft-themed restaurant.
Cabanas, Spain
This enchanting natural park is a magical example of a temperate rainforest in Europe.
Balmorhea, Texas
A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.
Dripping Springs, Texas
An emerald-green grotto just a short trip from Austin.
Kailua, Hawaii
Get up close and personal with these majestic fish.
Åkraberg, Sweden
Walking through this narrow gorge will make you feel like you've fallen into a fairytale landscape.
Erlach, Switzerland
The idyllic island where the philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau spent “the happiest time of his life.”
Monte, Portugal
Men in rubber-soled boots serve as your "brakes" on this toboggan ride Hemingway described as "exhilarating."
Mafra, Portugal
At night, bats patrol this magnificent 18th-century space in search of book-eating pests.
Cape Town, South Africa
The haunting beauty of this little-visited wreck makes it a true hidden treasure.
Botswana
Wondrous stalactites house thousands of bats in these African caves.
Munich, Germany
Daily jousts and dancing barrel makers in Munich's mechanical clock.
Menlo Park, California
A trail weaves through the verses of a poem illustrated by stone sculptures inspired by Native American pictographs.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hidden behind West Philadelphia rowhomes is a haven for migratory and local bird species both ordinary and rare.
Lviv, Ukraine
Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.
Ithaca, New York
A six-story treehouse offers spectacular views of New York's Finger Lakes region.
Lidumnieki, Latvia
This abandoned secret city is a crumbling wonderland of Soviet ruins.