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Chapel ruins and tombolo in the background.

Bigton, Scotland

St Ninian's Chapel

This former chapel resides on an island connected to the mainland by one of Shetland's iconic beachy tombolos.

The Shetland Bus Memorial

Scalloway, Scotland

The Shetland Bus Memorial

This memorial celebrates the legacy of the British-Norwegian resistance movement during World War II.

Der Drachenstich

Furth im Wald, Germany

Drachenstich-Festspiele

Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.

2002 Bundaberg utes

Deniliquin, Australia

Deni Ute Muster

The world's largest gathering of flatbed coupes can be found annually at this rural festival in New South Wales.

The Isolation Hospital.

Ghajnsielem, Malta

Isolation Hospital

This abandoned building, which is the second-largest structure on the Maltese island of Comino, has a complicated past.

White Rocks Abandoned Complex

Pembroke, Malta

White Rocks Abandoned Complex

These sprawling military housing quarters from the 1960s are now defunct and hidden in plain sight on Malta’s Mediterranean coast.

Xwejni salt pans.

Żebbuġ, Malta

Xwejni Salt Pans

People have been making salt here using traditional methods for centuries.

Ninu's Cave

Xagħra, Malta

Ninu’s Cave

In 1888, a resident of Xagħra, Malta, discovered a small underground chamber filled with stalactites and stalagmites when digging a well.

Abandoned Subaru Dealership

Mosta, Malta

Abandoned Subaru Dealership

This garage is frozen in the late 1990s, full of rare and untouched cars and motorcycles.

An unusually large Roman Bath with a curved side.

Sliema, Malta

Roman Baths of Sliema

Despite the name, these small saltwater swimming pools have nothing to do with the Romans.

The pizza here is as old-school as they come.

Naples, Italy

Via Port’Alba

This 17th-century passageway is home to numerous bookshops, a witch legend, and the oldest pizzeria in the world.

Toledo Art Station of the Naples Metro.

Naples, Italy

Toledo Art Station

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

Casa Romuli

Rome, Italy

Casa Romuli

These hut foundations are believed to be the residence of Romulus, founder of Rome.

Tarpeian Rock

Rome, Italy

Tarpeian Rock

In the early Roman Empire, people deemed traitors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock.

Vespa models from the 1950s and '60s.

Rome, Italy

Vespa Museum

This subterranean shrine beneath a bike rental store celebrates the iconic Italian scooter.

A view of the Cloaca Maxima in 1814, as rendered by artist Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

Rome, Italy

Cloaca Maxima

The "Great Sewer" of ancient Rome is one of the oldest sewer systems in the world, and is still in use.

Servian Wall at McDonald's

Rome, Italy

Servian Wall at McDonald's

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.

A church altar of sculpted amber saints that seems to float at the front of the church

Gdańsk, Poland

St. Bridget's Church

One of the world's largest amber altarpieces is housed within this reconstructed medieval church.

Dwór Artusa.

Gdańsk, Poland

Dwór Artusa

A merchant court dedicated to the fictitious King Arthur is heavily adorned with bizarre Renaissance art.

Cemetery of Lost Cemeteries.

Gdańsk, Poland

Cemetery of Lost Cemeteries

Memorial to the lost dead of Gdansk, whose resting places were destroyed during World War II.

Casa Batllo

Barcelona, Spain

Casa Batlló

One of Antoni Gaudí's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.

The Walrus Heads.

San Francisco, California

The Walrus Heads of the Financial District

These six walrus head statues harken back to a time when this area wasn't far from the oceanfront.

The Golden Fire Hydrant

San Francisco, California

The Golden Fire Hydrant

The miraculous hydrant that saved the Mission District in 1906.

Museum of the Eye

San Francisco, California

Museum of the Eye

A free, public museum dedicated to the fascinating science of sight.

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