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Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.

A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.

The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.

Its front wall is striped with a menagerie of fantastic beasts and magnificent monsters.

The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.

Thirteen sculptures in central Moscow graphically depicting vices of the modern world.

This quirky curiosity shop takes its cues from the world's bazaars.

One of Savannah's oldest and most haunted cemeteries, featuring graves desecrated by Sherman's Union Army.

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

A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.

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

A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.

Charles Dickens was not a fan of the ghastly wall dressings in this 6th century church.

A treasure trove of Renaissance-era funerary art in a Roman church built on top of Nero's grave.

This 75-year-old Shakespearean sculpture is painted by a local artist for every season.

One of the largest helium balloons in the U.S. is a 112-foot ginormous orange.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

A 200-year-old building in the French Quarter that was to be Napoleon's home in the New World.

A museum and shop on Bourbon Street located in the French Quarter.

This New Orleans tree is filled with hidden chimes that produce a carefully tuned melody.

The oldest cemetery in New Orleans, resting peacefully for over 200 years now.

This informal museum is a magical trove of anonymous art collected from car boots and flea markets.

"Purveyors of traditional sweets and vintage treats."

Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.