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Isle of Staffa, Scotland

Fingal's Cave

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
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London, England

Temple Church

An unusual round church in London with a Templar past.
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London, England

The Ruins of St. Dunstan-in-the-East

One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
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London, England

Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel

A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.
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London, England

The Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & Natural History

This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
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London, England

The Mail Rail

Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
Gerard Nolan Added by Gerard Nolan
London, England

The Lost River Fleet

The largest of London's subterranean rivers and once a mad, bad center of London life.
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Moscow, Russia

Lenin's Mausoleum

This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
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Moscow, Russia

Bunker-42

Dr. Strangelove-esque tours reveal the inside a bunker once reserved for Stalin himself.
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Russia

Davsha

What was once the base for Russia's first nature reserve is now a ghost town, right on the shore of Lake Baikal.
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Evenkiysky District, Russia

Tunguska Event Epicenter

Site of the largest impact event to occur over land in Earth's recorded history.
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Zaña, Peru

The Not-So-Abandoned Town of Zaña

After an epic flood washed away its enslavers, this city has been part ghost town, part cultural wildcard for the past three centuries.
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Yagodninsky District, Russia

Kadykchan

Siberian ghost town built by gulag prisoners.
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Mirny, Russia

Mir Diamond Mine

The world's second-largest excavated hole.
Josh Added by Josh
Khangalassky District, Russia

Lena Stone Pillars

A remote forest of stone pillars along the Lena river.
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Antarctica

Deception Island

An abandoned whaling station on an active volcano offers hot springs in Antarctica, surrounded by ruined giants of industry.
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Democratic Republic of the Congo

Nyiragongo Volcano

Mount Nyiragongo has erupted at least 34 times since 1882 and is home to the world's largest lava lake.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Qaradagh, Azerbaijan

Neft Dasları

Complete town of 5,000 living out at sea on the world's first offshore oil platform.
Corella, Philippines

Philippine Tarsier and Wildlife Sanctuary

A patch of Philippines forest devoted to saving the lives of an emotionally sensitive species of googly-eyed primates.
Jee Ann Added by Jee Ann
Antarctica

Antarctic Exploration Museum & Post Office

The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.
Annetta Black Added by Annetta Black
Sierra Bullones, Philippines

Chocolate Hills

Bohol's mysterious brown hills.
michelle Added by michelle
Baku, Azerbaijan

Yanar Dağ (Fire Mountain)

Mysterious hillside with a continuously burning natural fire.
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Baku, Azerbaijan

Mud Volcanoes of Azerbaijan

Home to nearly a third of the world's mud volcanoes, Azerbaijan is home to a messy, bubbling, and sometimes explosive landscape.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Antarctica

Mt. Erebus

Fire meets ice at the southernmost volcano on Earth.
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