Kowloon, Hong Kong
Un Chau Estate Flower Tunnel
In Hong Kong, a fairytale flower tunnel is hidden within the gardens of a public housing complex.
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Kowloon, Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, a fairytale flower tunnel is hidden within the gardens of a public housing complex.
Jodhpur, India
Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.
Jodhpur, India
Fifteen Jodhpur queens left their handprints before going to their fiery death.
Jodhpur, India
Hidden in the shadow of a rocky fortress is one concubine’s long-forgotten legacy.
Sisters, Oregon
This lake in the Cascades lives up to its name, disappearing down a hole every spring.
Culver, Oregon
Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.
La Pine, Oregon
A rugged lava field dotted with molds of the ancient pines that were growing when the volcano erupted.
Carbon County, Utah
Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.
Shiraz, Iran
Named after a legendary garden called Eram in southern Arabia, built by order of Shaddad, an Arab king who wanted to compete with Paradise.
Shiraz, Iran
Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.
Fars Province, Iran
The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.
Fars Province, Iran
The ancient necropolis houses the immense rock-cut tombs of four Persian kings.
Portland, Oregon
The seamy, underground secrets of Portland's criminal past.
Hakone, Japan
Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.
Imlil, Morocco
A Moroccan getaway in the mountain range that plays the Himalayas' stunt double.
Naples, Italy
The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
Grantham, England
Isaac Newton's former home, where the famous apple tree still stands.
Shamrock, Texas
Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.
Rome, Italy
The martyr's wax-enhanced skeletal remains lie preserved in a glass case in the Santa Maria della Vittoria in Rome.
Sana'a, Yemen
Yemen's "Stone Palace" looks like it was carved right out of the tall stone column on which it is built.
Zabid, Yemen
Elaborate patterns adorn the city's disappearing traditional architecture.
Parnamirim, Brazil
You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.
Mansfield, England
An enigmatic natural rock formation with a manmade passage cut through the center.
Nottingham, England
The ancestral home of beloved English poet Lord Byron has a bizarre history.