Costa Rica
Río Celeste
This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.
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Costa Rica
This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.
Rummu, Estonia
The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.
Naftah, Tunisia
Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.
Tunis, Tunisia
The ancient heart of Tunis is an enormous maze of narrow streets and alleyways.
Humble, Texas
In the late 1990s, a mechanic and fan bought this iconic sportscar back from the dead.
Nizwa, Oman
This beautifully restored fortification kept the city safe for centuries.
Gheti, India
A mecca for India's Jains.
Film City, Qatar
A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.
Tainan City, Taiwan
The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.
Nouméa, New Caledonia
Marvel of green building techniques that sings with the wind.
Osogbo, Nigeria
The last remaining site of Yoruba worship of the fertility goddess.
Amphoe Ko Kut, Thailand
Eat like a bird in a bamboo nest.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Pembroke, Wales
A hermit's tiny cell built into the cliffside that saved him in South Pembrokeshire.
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The world's only facility where orphaned mountain gorillas are cared for.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
These fantastically named natural pools look like something out of a Scottish myth.
Lafayette, Colorado
According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.
Kaiteriteri, New Zealand
This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.
Sajama, Bolivia
A mysterious ancient network of thousands of perfectly straight lines stretching across miles of Bolivian desert.
Gapyeong-gun, South Korea
This small island declared independence from South Korea in the hopes of attracting tourists.
Phillipsville, California
A crumbling wizard is one of the final reminders of a roadside Middle Earth.
Newberry Springs, California
The "Fun Spot of the Desert" is now a haunting ruin, and a reminder that putting a water park in a desert is a bad idea.
Charlestown, Indiana
Ruined pieces of stone and a swimming pool are all that remain of an amusement park swept away by a flood.
Consonno, Italy
This half-finished "city of toys" was almost Italy's own Las Vegas.