Qatar
Al Wukair Scrapyard
Some 20,000 dust-covered unwanted vehicles languish in the desert.
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Qatar
Some 20,000 dust-covered unwanted vehicles languish in the desert.
Doha, Qatar
This unique museum doesn't shy away from highlighting Qatar's role in the history of slavery.
Gildeskål, Norway
Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.
Seattle, Washington
An enclosed rotunda at the Henry Art Gallery in which viewers can look up and see the uninterrupted sky.
Playa Girón, Cuba
A small museum in the Bay of Pigs gives the Cuban perspective on the famously failed U.S. invasion.
Valenciennes, France
This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.
Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe
A stone circle on the slopes of a Caribbean volcano commemorates the leader of an anti-slavery uprising.
Hendaye, France
The eclectic observatory castle of a 19th-century astronomer and explorer.
Manchester, England
Manchester salvaged this sculpture of the adopted Mancunian when it was no longer wanted in Ukraine.
Kashan, Iran
A historic trade hub teeming with gorgeous architecture, colorful goods, and vibrant designs.
Dnipro, Ukraine
A beautiful art space and unusual mini-hotel hidden in the city center of Dnipro.
Namibia
Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.
Tianjin, China
China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.
Hrastovlje, Slovenia
The walls of this medieval church are covered with perfectly preserved frescos, including a pristine example of the Dance of Death.
Centralia, Pennsylvania
A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.
Brasília, Brazil
A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.
Moscow, Russia
The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.
Lamu, Kenya
Kenya’s oldest town is more than 700 years old and home to 6,000 donkeys.
Hanoi, Vietnam
Twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.
Sviyazhsk, Russia
A former military outpost of Ivan the Terrible, the 16th-century church contains some of the rarest examples of Eastern Orthodox mural paintings.
Kolossi, Cyprus
This 700-year-old Cyprus castle is the birthplace of the world's oldest wine, said to be toasted by Richard the Lionheart at his wedding.
Yaropolets, Russia
An unusual abandoned church damaged in World War II sits in a small village outside Moscow.
Shakaria, Jordan
A refurbished locomotive from a bygone era in the middle of the Jordanian desert.