Vientiane, Laos
Xieng Khuan (Buddha Park)
More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.
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Vientiane, Laos
More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.
Victoria, Malta
This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.
Borgloon, Belgium
Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.
Waitomo, New Zealand
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
Sussex, England
The elegant structure of this 19th century railroad bridge creates an illusion of infinity.
Bluff, Utah
A well-preserved Ancestral Puebloan ruin tucked beneath a desert cliff.
Raiymbek District, Kazakhstan
Nicknamed Kazakhstan's Grand Canyon, this natural wonder lies east of Almaty near the Chinese border.
Colchani, Bolivia
This hotel is located on the edge of the world's largest salt flat and is made out of the only material around.
Sur Lípez, Bolivia
A desert that evokes the surreal.
La Paz, Bolivia
Bolivia's needle-like rock formations.
Sucre, Bolivia
Largest site of dinosaur footprints ever found includes more than 5,000 tracks.
Copacabana, Bolivia
Astronomical observatory above Lake Titicaca.
Sur Lípez, Bolivia
This red lake 4,000 meters above sea level is home to rare flamingos.
La Paz, Bolivia
A valley of unique erosion patterns lends to a view like nothing on Earth.
Bolivia
On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.
Daniel Campos, Bolivia
A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.
Manaus, Brazil
This striking, two-toned confluence of rivers is visible from space.
Brazil
Unusual rock formations eroded into a landscape of stone beasts.
Alto Paraíso de Goiás, Brazil
After millennia of erosion by sand and churning water this Brazilian valley now looks like a lunar fantasy.
Rapa Nui, Chile
The largest stone moai on Rapa Nui.
Villavieja, Colombia
Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.
Vista Hermosa, Colombia
An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."
Nariño, Colombia
A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.
Ambato Canton, Ecuador
Massive volcano in the Andes is the farthest point from earth's center.