Shendi, Sudan
Meroe Pyramids
These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.
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Shendi, Sudan
These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.
Rome, Italy
An alchemist's “magic door” stands in the middle of a Roman park.
London, England
The site of London’s first coffee house has been serving refreshments of one kind or another for 360 years.
New York, New York
On the top floor of an upscale department store stands a lavish restaurant housed in a replica of a luxury French dining car.
Brooklyn, New York
Come for the pastrami, stay for the million-dollar art.
Gokdepe, Turkmenistan
This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.
Cuenca, Spain
Cliffside houses provide a spectacular view from their perch above the valley.
Berkeley, California
A storybook European village in Berkeley.
Hegra, Saudi Arabia
More than 100 monumental tombs carved into rock are preserved at this ancient Nabataean site in the Arabian Desert.
Orvieto, Italy
Water and windows define this defensive Italian well.
Brooklyn, New York
I fought the law and the precinct caved in.
West Wycombe, England
Human-made caves excavated to hide a secret society of wealthy pagans.
Gaiano, Italy
A rambling museum which honors the beauty in everyday objects.
Chios, Greece
An ambiguous ambience emanates from this centuries old leprosy quarantine.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Istanbul, Turkey
A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.
L'Alt Empordà, Spain
At the foot of a waterfall lies a peaceful swimming lagoon and evidence of over 60,000 years of human habitation.
Bugarach, France
Small French town or alien garage?
Beatenberg, Switzerland
Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.
Lainate, Italy
An ancient artistic garden parlor full of hidden water wonders.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Balestrino, Italy
Abandoned medieval hill town.
Stra, Italy
A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.
Nughedu Santa Vittoria, Italy
Ancient cave tombs known as the "houses of fairies."