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Nelson Mandela lived here with his family from 1946 until his arrest in 1962.

This large, circular tomb is the final resting place of the first emperor of Rome.

A rare and unique example of an 18th-century door latch calls this restaurant home.

A domino effect created with Britain’s iconic telephone boxes.

This mysterious Bronze Age standing stone has become a place where couples profess their love.

Natural arch offers panoramic views of Yangshuo's karst hills.

A tunnel dug through the side of a mountain by hand provides convenient yet death-defying access to a small village in China.

This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.

A sacred mountaintop temple offers a fine cup of tea to visitors who can survive the journey.

These layered sandstone mountains in China look like they are made of pressed crayons.

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.

The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.

This abandoned fishing settlement may well be the greenest village in the world.

A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.

This Buddhist monastery once housed an image of Buddha containing a 19-carat diamond.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

Gnomes have taken over a rest stop on Australia's longest straight road.

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.

The Internet Age began with a transmission from this biker bar.

This imprint of an old computer keyboard has a unique backstory.

It may seem a little out of place in a tiny village, but the inspiring story of its creation made headlines.

The largest cave in Northern Europe.

A skeleton without arms watches over the side door of one of the most beautiful baroque temples in Mexico.

Known as the "Fat Man of Maldon," Bright was a larger-than-life figure.