Prague, Czechia
R2-D2 of Prague
Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.
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Prague, Czechia
Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.
Vorden, Netherlands
Where lovers tie birch branches into long-lived knots.
Milan, Italy
The secret medieval communication system will whisk your words above the noise of the crowd.
Swindon, England
England's only square-dimension hill horse was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's coronation.
Jodhpur, India
Legend has it a commoner volunteered to be buried alive in the foundation so that the great fortress could be built.
Aachen, Germany
A distinctive former power plant turned university lecture hall looks like it could make you breakfast.
Fairfield, Pennsylvania
The Cold War-era "underground Pentagon" is a sprawling subterranean hideaway for the Defense Department.
Valdivia, Chile
A 300-foot-long Cold War submarine floats in a Chilean River as a maritime museum.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This vintage animatronics show is the Vegas version of a walk through the woods.
Cambridge, England
A 4,000-year-old burial site hides behind a roadside Burger King.
London, England
19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.
Stapleford, England
Left by the Devil, an ancient quarry or just plain old erosion, this enigmatic rock pillar rises 28 feet from the hillside.
Šibenik, Croatia
Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.
Wall Township, New Jersey
The first dish to bounce radio signals off the Moon, it was the forerunner to the U.S. Space Program.
Ypres, Belgium
A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.
Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
A medieval military street hidden beneath a charming French fishing village.
Waterford, Ireland
Impressive mining ruins overlook a spectacular view of Ireland's Copper Coast.
Erto e Casso, Italy
When a massive landslide hit one of the world's tallest dams it created a tragic environmental disaster.
Irkutsk, Russia
Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.
Quispicanchi, Peru
The Incas turned this ancient Wari aqueduct into an imposing defensive gate.
London, England
An unsanctioned shrine that sprung up outside the late singer's home is causing a stir in London's Highgate neighborhood.
Yekaterinburg, Russia
It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.
Hong Kong
This hulking behemoth is actually five interconnected towers built in the 1960s.
Southampton, England
The world's oldest operational public pier railway has shuttled seagoing commuters from ship to shore since 1909.