Envigado, Colombia
La Casa de las Piedritas
This exceptional home was a 32-year labor of love by a man determined to build his wife the most beautiful stone house in the world.
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Envigado, Colombia
This exceptional home was a 32-year labor of love by a man determined to build his wife the most beautiful stone house in the world.
Iran
The tower in this 1,000-year-old mud-brick village seems to vibrate for no apparent reason.
Baltimore, Maryland
America's first nuclear-powered merchant ship is now a time warp to the atomic age.
Chillingham, England
This 13th century castle is chock full of ghosts and impossibly rare cows.
Kyaukse, Myanmar
The tower claims to be the world's only pagoda made entirely from Myanmar's lucrative gemstone.
Ishøj, Denmark
Six beautiful wooden giants are hidden around Copenhagen.
Southend-on-Sea, England
A perilous medieval road leading right into the sea.
Portland, Oregon
No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.
Perry, Georgia
Military and first responders can test their skills in a Foggy Bottom mock station down in Georgia.
Imsil-gun, South Korea
A 32-acre fun park dedicated to all things cheese.
Tarragona, Spain
Long tunnels run under the ancient chariot racing circuit to the tower.
Milan, Italy
A Milanese café entirely designed by the American director Wes Anderson.
Mengwi, Indonesia
A small museum full of giant effigies of Bali's demons and monsters.
Wrocław, Poland
A collection of old neon signs from all over Poland line a secluded courtyard.
Isle of Man
The remains of the wrecked steam trawler can be found on the beach at low tide.
Cantil, California
Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.
Esperança, Portugal
You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.
Astoria, Oregon
A delightfully quirky blend of oddities spread throughout an old 1920s bank.
Seydisfjordur, Iceland
An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.
Nushabad, Iran
A 1,500-year-old, 3-story subterranean city where ancient Persians took refuge in times of war.
Yazd, Iran
Long before air conditioning, Persian architects found an ingenious way to cool off.
Ísafjörður, Iceland
Discover the magic in the mundane in Iceland's Museum of Everyday Life.
Bury Saint Edmunds, England
The smallest pub in Britain was once a cabinet of curiosities and it still has the dead cat to prove it.
Claines, England
This 15th century pub is one of only two pubs in England situated on consecrated ground.