Aurland, Norway
Aurland Lookout
A thin pane of glass keeps visitors from sliding off this futuristic skywalk.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Aurland, Norway
A thin pane of glass keeps visitors from sliding off this futuristic skywalk.
Iran
Iranian tombstones shaped like male and female sexual organs.
Shush, Iran
Burial site of a Jewish prophet revered in Iran.
Isfahan, Iran
These little castles each held thousands of pigeons.
Iran
This ancient burial site is believed to be one of the first earthquake-protected structures in the world.
Shooshtar, Iran
This beautiful system of tunnels built into natural rock serves as a centuries old plumbing system.
Kandovan, Iran
Modern-day cave dwellers carve elaborate homes out of volcanic debris.
Qeshm, Iran
One of the world's largest salt caves is filled with fragile salt sculptures, salt rivers, and huge salt megadomes.
Zanjān, Iran
Salt cured mummies continue to turn up in this Iranian mine.
Yazd, Iran
Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.
Bozate, Spain
Eccentric sculpture garden brings Basque mythology to life.
Săpânța, Romania
A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.
Çanakkale, Turkey
This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.
Zhangjiajie, China
For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.
Zugarramurdi, Spain
A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.
Whittingham, England
This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.
Gryfino, Poland
Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.
Alxa, China
The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.
Dresden, Germany
When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.
Meškuičių seniūnija, Lithuania
An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.
Burnley, England
A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.
Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts
Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.
Sequoia National Park, California
Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).
Morristown, Tennessee
All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."