Santiago, Chile
Bahá’í Temple of South America
A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Santiago, Chile
A fantastical and futuristic temple of light built from nine monumental glass veils.
Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ontario
The roadway bend where highway painters practice their craft looks like expressionist art.
Tartu, Estonia
The labyrinthine home of the National Archives of Estonia is an experimental blend of architecture, art, and history.
Neerpelt, Belgium
Artwork tucked within the trees greets visitors with surreal sonic experiences.
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Crouch down, stretch tall, and be sure to flail your legs to pay homage to the Monty Python classic.
Fort Meade, Maryland
A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
An overlooked collection of over 350,000 artistic works created by psychiatric patients using art therapy.
Gemert, Netherlands
The Netherlands is home to a bridge printed out of reinforced concrete.
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
A backdoor to Machu Picchu that only the most foolhardy infiltrator would attempt to breach.
Beijing, China
Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A serene garden path lined with 36 haiku stamped into clay stones.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.
San Francisco, California
A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.
Nicosia, Cyprus
A magical museum of fairy tale treasures near Cyprus' buffer zone.
Hawarden, Wales
At the United Kingdom's only residential library you can sleep among the books.
Kansas City, Missouri
A cave 150 feet beneath Kansas City is the perfect climate for growing 10,000 delicate orchids.
Washington, D.C.
A little marble compass above George Washington's (empty) tomb in the Capitol marks where D.C.'s four quadrants intersect.
Istanbul, Turkey
A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.
Antarctica
The remains of a doomed Antarctic plane, buried beneath layers of ice and snow, await those willing to do a bit of digging.
Belleville, Wisconsin
Every winter, the wind carves blocks of frozen water into beautiful abstract shapes inside this unusually curved tunnel.
Yangzhou Shi, China
Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.
Tombstone, Arizona
An old saloon in the West filled with history, and according to some, a few dozen ghosts.
Tombstone, Arizona
A wild west cemetery in Tombstone, Arizona, provides a window into the Old West.