Carlin, Nevada
Palisade
Little is left of this formerly bustling railroad junction on the Transcontinental Railroad.
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Carlin, Nevada
Little is left of this formerly bustling railroad junction on the Transcontinental Railroad.
Kaiteriteri, New Zealand
This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.
Hyden, Australia
This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.
Halifax, England
This centuries-old mansion was the home of the noted 19th-century diarist Anne Lister (aka “Gentleman Jack”).
Gyeongju, South Korea
This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.
Asturias, Spain
An uninhabited village that preserves and documents rural architecture and an endangered way of life.
Fez, Morocco
The oldest known university in the world is in Fez, Morocco.
Willemstad, Curaçao
The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.
Zutphen, Netherlands
Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.
Bhutan
One of Bhutan's oldest temples was purportedly built to stop a giant female ogre from preventing the spread of Buddhism across Tibet.
Jiblah, Yemen
One of Yemen’s oldest and most beautiful mosques was named for the incredible, historical queen buried inside it.
Duino, Italy
Europe's only Temple of Mithras located in a natural cave.
Middleton, Wisconsin
More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.
Seaside, Oregon
Right here, members of the Lewis and Clark expedition boiled ocean water to make salt.
Coimbra, Portugal
Nicknamed "Karri Knight," this Eucalyptus was planted in 1895 and stands at 72 meters.
Greenland
Welcome to the greenest place in Greenland.
Kagoshima, Japan
This train station meeting spot is an actual, millennia-old tree from the island of Yakushima.
Jet, Oklahoma
This unique landscape is the only place in the world to dig for hourglass-selenite crystals.
Pune, India
Pune's oldest ice cream parlor serves scoops in flavors like lemongrass.
Sedona, Arizona
This historic pink parlor keeps Phoenicians cool with homemade, retro ice creams.
Pratantico, Italy
The largest ongoing mosaic project in Europe.
Faiyum, Egypt
The oldest Egyptian obelisk still standing in its original site.
Chicago, Illinois
This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.
Pembrokeshire, Wales
A historic pub in the front room of a Victorian-era house.