Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dharma Realm Guan Yin Sagely Monastery Canteen
Come for the chanting, stay for the monastical vegan buffet.
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Come for the chanting, stay for the monastical vegan buffet.
Hurricane, Utah
A tunnel with windows, so you don't miss out on the impressive views.
Cusco, Peru
A painting in the historic Cathedral Basilica depicts Jesus and his disciples dining on a traditional Peruvian menu.
Salento, Colombia
The world's tallest palm trees look like the whimsical kind of plant you'd find in a Dr. Seuss story.
Lviv, Ukraine
Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.
Saint Austell, England
400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.
Riga, Latvia
The reconstruction of this prominent building fulfilled a long-written command.
Utah
The unusual patterns in this rock formation result from two distinct modes of weathering.
Cricova, Moldova
Seventy-five miles of limestone caves host more than a million bottles of wine beneath a sleepy Moldovan town.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
Eagle, Alaska
This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.
New York, New York
This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.
Portomarín, Spain
This stop on the Camino de Santiago stands high above the underwater ruins of a medieval town.
Binz, Germany
A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.
Onomichi, Japan
This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.
Palestine
The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the ruins of this ancient monastic community.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.
Rayne, Louisiana
The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.
Los Angeles, California
The silent film master's legacy commemorated in all the right and wrong places.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
Rapa Nui, Chile
The ominously named cave is home to some remarkable ancient art.
Zharkent, Kazakhstan
This unique wooden mosque resembling a Chinese pagoda was said to be built without the use of nails.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
San Andrés Cholula, Mexico
An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.