Aybak, Afghanistan
Stupa of Takht-e Rostam
Highly unusual subterranean stupa and adjacent cave monastery.
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Aybak, Afghanistan
Highly unusual subterranean stupa and adjacent cave monastery.
Petra District, Jordan
An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.
Puebla, Mexico
Hidden inside a hotel is a museum of miniature models depicting the traditions and history of Mexico.
Puebla, Mexico
A former factory hosts an amazing collection of Mexican marionettes.
Puebla, Mexico
The "world's smallest volcano" has been used to store meals and dispose of dead bodies.
San Andrés Cholula, Mexico
An indigenous take on European design creates a stunning visual overload.
Ngorongoro, Tanzania
This rare volcano spews the strangest and (literally) coolest lava in the world.
San Andrés Cholula, Mexico
An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.
Paraty, Brazil
This Brazilian town built by Freemasons is full of colonial Masonic architecture and symbolic imagery.
Rose Hill, North Carolina
This sweet Southern elixir comes from what may be the oldest grape vine in North America.
Puerto Varas, Chile
This fairytale house on the shore of a Chilean Lake oozes an eclectic mix of Chilote and German Cultural heritage.
Castro, Chile
Spanish religion mixed with local architecture has yielded a network of churches unlike any other.
Chonchi, Chile
A wooden dock art installation on Chiloé Island taps into the island's indigenous mythology.
Frutillar, Chile
A sliver of 19th-century Germany sits on the shore of a Chilean lake.
Cushamen, Argentina
With the Wild Bunch hunted almost to extinction and the law closing in on him, Butch Cassidy fled to this remote cabin in Argentina.
Kumi, Uganda
Six rock shelters covered in abstract art created by ancient Ugandan tribes.
Chinguetti, Mauritania
Five ancient libraries, little changed for centuries, preserve a medieval archive of Quranic lore and civic documents
Bologna, Italy
The remains of an ancient Roman city are hidden underneath Bologna's beautiful public library.
Athens, Greece
This ancient hydrological marvel is now the base of a modern outdoor cinema.
Athens, Greece
A grotesque collection of wax limbs depicting the symptoms of venereal disease.
Athens, Greece
The railway carts travelers to central Athens's highest peak, which offers stunning vistas of the city.
Athens, Greece
A sprawling collection of books and manuscripts about ancient Greece that would have put their famed libraries to shame.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Bucharest, Romania
This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.