Lalibela, Ethiopia
Ben Abeba
An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.
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Lalibela, Ethiopia
An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.
Edinburgh, Scotland
One of Edinburgh's oldest pubs hides a 19th-century skittles alley in the back.
Bellevue, Alberta
A sleepy little town that had the greatest landslide in North American history fall on it.
Seoul, South Korea
A bright and wacky exhibit answers every question you may have had about human excrement, flatulence, and more.
Ridgedale, Missouri
If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.
Prypiat, Ukraine
The dining hall that nourishes workers in Chornobyl's Exclusion Zone is also open to visitors.
Alamo, Nevada
Mysterious meeting place for UFO hunters near Area 51.
Xuzhou, China
These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.
Tataouine, Tunisia
A 15th-century granary that played the role of futuristic slave quarters in the world of 'Star Wars.'
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Brazil
An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.
Denpasar, Indonesia
A haunting theme park is slowly being swallowed by the jungle.
Hinckley, Ohio
Faces carved into the cliffs create an otherworldly walking trail.
Jeongseon, South Korea
This former coal mine has been turned into a sprawling modern art complex.
Victoria, British Columbia
Greenery cloaks this serene sculpture inspired by the famous Lost Gardens of Heligan.
Guiyang, China
On special occasions, one of the world's tallest artificial waterfalls gushes down the side of this Chinese skyscraper.
Tocancipá, Colombia
A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.
Anderby Creek, England
The world’s first dedicated cloud observation platform.
Ituri, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Home to pygmy hunter-gatherers, hundreds of animal and bird species, and the strange okapi, or forest giraffe.
Dikwella, Sri Lanka
To gaze upon the visage of Sri Lanka's biggest Buddha, one must first pass through the Tunnel of Hell.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.
Hampden, New Zealand
Highly spherical boulders on the shores of New Zealand.
Fuling, China
This top secret Chinese military megaproject is the world’s largest human-made tunnel structure.