Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
Sigiriya
An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.
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Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.
Washington, D.C.
The winding route passes through an enclosed alleyway, two tunnels, and leads to the White House basement.
Harbin, China
One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.
Peebles, Scotland
This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.
Split, Croatia
A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.
São Paulo, Brazil
The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The 16th-century church has the only stained glass windows that survived the Scottish Reformation intact.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Toulouse, France
There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.
London, England
A makeshift shrine to the late rock star is still kept up on the nondescript façade outside 1 Logan Place.
Bantimurung, Indonesia
These 40,000-year-old stenciled hands are older than the famous cave art in France and Spain.
New York, New York
Cryptic messages embedded in the New York City sidewalk.
Washington, D.C.
A rotating cast of guys and dolls in front of a Washington, D.C. building.
Nagoa Ash Shatb, Egypt
One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.
Victoria, Malta
This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.
San Antonio, Texas
These boots are made for selfies.
Cáceres, Spain
An old wool-washing house filled with Fluxus contemporary art.
Netzschkau, Germany
The largest brick bridge in the world.
Jodhpur, India
Once an indicator of social class, the color blue has come to define this city on the edge of the Thar Desert.
Teuchitlán, Mexico
The jewel of western Mexico's archaeological legacy is this tiered circular pyramid now covered in grass.
San Blas, Mexico
A wild Hollywood resort thwarted by mosquitoes.
Guadalajara, Mexico
This structure was moved nearly 40 feet while people continued working inside it.
Chacala, Mexico
Tucked along a river are enigmatic stone carvings created thousands of years ago.
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
A Lovecraftian altar of nightmarish bronze chairs sits ominously on a boardwalk in Puerto Vallarta.