Staten Island, New York
Fresh Kills Landfill
One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.
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Staten Island, New York
One-time largest man-made structure in the world will be a park in 30 years.
Vaglia, Italy
Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.
Ivrea, Italy
A 12th-century Italian skirmish gets reenacted with 500,000 pounds of flying citrus.
Isle of Barra, Scotland
This beach runway is off limits during high tide.
Mexico City, Mexico
66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.
Zhangjiajie, China
A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.
Paro, Bhutan
This Himalayan airport provides one of the most difficult landings in the world.
Upper Darby, Pennsylvania
Arlington Cemetery exhibit dedicated to death and grieving.
Ottosdal, South Africa
Tiny pyrophyllite spheres from 3 billion years ago.
Norway
Norway's chilly all ice-instrument festival.
Windhoek, Namibia
Welded sphere dropped from space.
Laredo, Texas
The biggest drug trafficking passage between Mexico and the U.S.
Ngong Ping, Hong Kong
Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The opulent car collection of an eccentric Sheikh housed in his own private pyramid.
Minsk, Belarus
Glowing orb in Minsk houses 8,600,000 items.
Pristina, Kosovo
A futuristic, brutalist masterpiece that is also strangely prison-like.
Namibia
Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.
Bentleyville, Ohio
Landmark dedicated to the plight of the American Indian in the 21st century.
Mampikony, Madagascar
Giant disc-shaped gate took 20 men to close off this city in Madagascar.
Genoa, Italy
Massive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in Genoa.
Swanage, England
65 million-year-old chalk outcroppings mark the end of the Jurassic Coast.
Diligent River, Nova Scotia
Commemoration of a sea voyage gone mysteriously wrong.
LlĂvia, Spain
This 15th century pharmacy displays a beautiful collection of ancient medicine jars.
Dayton, Nevada
The smallest country in the world.