Aquiraz, Brazil
Insano Body Slide
From 135 feet high riders plunge down the world's tallest freestanding body slide at 65 mph.
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Aquiraz, Brazil
From 135 feet high riders plunge down the world's tallest freestanding body slide at 65 mph.
Saint-Bernard, France
This stunning natural double arch, the largest in the Alps, went undiscovered until 2005.
Isle of South Uist, Scotland
FIFA deemed this isolated field one of the most remarkable places to play the sport.
Yūbari-shi, Japan
This historic hydroelectric power plant in Japan has been preserved and is open to the public.
Porangahau, New Zealand
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
Pajala N, Sweden
The world’s largest knitted mitten is displayed in one of Sweden’s smallest Arctic villages.
Sousa, Brazil
One of the few places in the world where visitors can walk alongside fossilized tracks from 80 different dinosaur species.
Barcelona, Spain
The former 1920s mansion of a prominent Catalan developer was used as the Soviet Embassy during the Spanish Civil War, and there is still a bunker below the garden.
Moncton, New Brunswick
A mysterious spot where the laws of gravity seem not to apply.
Takht Bhai, Pakistan
One of the last surviving ancient Buddhist sites in the region, it escaped the brunt of several Hun invasions thanks to its remote location.
Chonchi, Chile
A wooden dock art installation on Chiloé Island taps into the island's indigenous mythology.
Asque, France
A French valley with forests so lush it was nicknamed "the Small Amazonia of the Pyrenees."
Santiago, Chile
It's just another skyscraper, but it's shaped like '90s cell phone.
Aveiro, Brazil
Henry Ford's failed rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon rain forest.
Maidstone, England
This oak sculpture at the edge of a small woodland is nine feet tall and shrouded in mystery.
Pello, Finland
A little-known sculpture park of contemporary environmental art in a Lapland forest.
Manchester, Vermont
An unexpected canine grave atop a mountain.
Nahouri, Burkina Faso
In this African village, the walls of the chief's compound are painted with beautiful traditional designs.
Aubagne, France
This workshop and small museum is dedicated to tiny, delicate figurines that began as a subversive craft after the French Revolution.
La Chapelle-au-Mans, France
A 13th century fortified house built to defend the Duchy of Burgundy.
Wolin, Poland
A stone in Wolin, Poland, marks the possible location of a legendary Viking fortress.
Le Morne, Mauritius
This monument sits at the foot of a mountain from which legend says enslaved people jumped to their deaths.
Pol. Ind. de Asipo, Spain
This century-old ruined temple was reborn as "The Church of Skate."
Bedford, Pennsylvania
Overshadowed by quilts, the artistry of these patterned textiles went underappreciated for too long.