Islas Marietas, Mexico
Hidden Beach
A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.
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Islas Marietas, Mexico
A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.
Liverpool, England
Created as a punny statement about genetic engineering this monstrous hybrid statue has become a beloved icon.
Beijing, China
This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.
Santiago Sacatepéquez, Guatemala
Giant kites are flown during this Day of the Dead celebration in Guatemala.
Caucete, Argentina
Trash-filled shrines to an unofficial saint known for her endless breast milk dot the highways of Argentina.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.
Leipzig, Germany
This incredible stone temple is a monument to death, victory, and fantasy architecture.
Nubia, Egypt
Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.
Springfield, Illinois
When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Suita-shi, Japan
Closed for decades, this strange symbol of Japan's Expo '70 has finally opened its psychedelic insides to the public.
Tofino, British Columbia
The wreckage still sits at the exact spot the plane crash-landed in 1945, carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives.
Turda, Romania
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
Austin, Texas
A view-altering observatory at the University of Texas.
Stavanger, Norway
Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.
Petersburg, Virginia
A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.
Ise, Japan
This pair of small sea rocks has been "wed" using rope and ancient Shinto tradition.
Magelang, Indonesia
This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.
Memphis, Tennessee
The juke joint where legendary soul artists ate, drank, and made merry.
Tanami East, Australia
The Australian lorikeets that like to tie one on in an annual drinking binge.
Taunggyi, Myanmar
A series of tiny artificial islands rich with produce bob atop the surface of the lake.
Kediri, Indonesia
Isolated atop this Balinese sea crag is a lovely Hindu temple that is said to be guarded by sea snakes.