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The behemoth beasts engaged in an epic battle is the second-tallest statue in the contiguous United States.

Each spring this woodland floor is carpeted with purplish flowers as far as the eye can see.

The sign announces the Scottish village's cosmic connections, as it's twinned with Glenelg, Mars.

This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.

In a city that boasts four separate inclined cable railways, this is one of the busiest funicular lines in the world.

Dug as a secret royal escape route, the tunnel became a wartime bomb shelter and dumping ground for vintage cars.

A labyrinth of ancient tunnels hidden below the city holds the ruins of 2,500 years of history.

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

2300-year-old Roman road connecting the empire.

Things seem to roll, flow and run uphill on this short patch of road near Ariccia, Italy.

The city of Palestrina was built around this magnificent terraced sanctuary dedicated to the pagan goddess Fortuna.

The oldest surviving glass furnace cone in Western Europe.

This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.

The oldest known university in the world is in Fez, Morocco.

The designated Jewish quarter in Fez dates back to the 15th century.

An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.

This quaint Spanish village agreed to be painted blue as a marketing stunt but found that they preferred it that way.

Mosaics, storks, and brothels—this ancient city has it all.

A five-square-mile slice of Spain on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.

The legacy of a Moroccan Jewish community is remembered at this little mouldering cemetery.

A mythical garden that once grew the golden apples of wisdom is said to have existed in this ancient Moroccan city.

The other side is actually green.

Crumbling necropolis set high above Fez.