Canoa, Ecuador
Corrales Marinos de Monkey Beach
These unusual stone structures are actually fish traps crafted by an ancient civilization.
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Canoa, Ecuador
These unusual stone structures are actually fish traps crafted by an ancient civilization.
Collepardo, Italy
An enormous sinkhole that local lore attributes to the anger of the Virgin Mary.
Madrid, Spain
Remains of the lost church hide beneath this Spanish Parliament building.
Madrid, Spain
A subterranean relic of the Spanish Civil War hides below this picturesque park.
Kemzeke, Belgium
A collection of weird and wonderful art fills a former houseplant nursery.
Cohoes, New York
A 13,000-year-old mastodon skeleton was found during the construction of a 19th-century New York mill.
Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Spain
The abandoned ruins of a beautiful medieval castle just outside Barcelona.
Athens, Greece
The oldest cemetery of modern-day Athens blends the modern and ancient worlds.
Robe, Australia
A simple tribute to the migrant workers who landed here before walking hundreds of miles to Victoria's gold mines.
Sasso di Castalda, Italy
Crossing this suspension bridge feels like walking through the sky, a fitting tribute to the head of the Apollo program.
Ulm, Germany
Albert Einstein's head sticks out of a snail shell stacked on a rocket in this truly bizarre monument to the scientist.
Lijiang, China
A bright turquoise river cascades beautifully down stepped terraces in southern China.
Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
A crescent of 12 simple statues poised on a small windswept island off the coast of Newfoundland.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.
Ust'-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
Tucked away along a riverbend in an area known for its uranium mines is one of the world's tallest locks.
Tianjin, China
China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.
Moscow, Russia
Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.
Paulilatino, Italy
This elaborate hole in the ground was built as a sacred site for an ancient civilization.
Längenfeld, Austria
Visitors dip into a variety of pools of what was once ice.
Wattens, Austria
Swarovski's museum/theme park is a fake diamond fantasia overlooked by a giant.
Cinto Euganeo, Italy
A sudden, striking cluster of hills south of Padua has been attracting visitors for centuries.
Rome, Italy
This Roman arch marks the location of an ancient gate at one of the Seven Hills of Rome.
Les Fonts, Spain
This imposing modern citadel started out as a home renovation project.
Montegabbione (TR), Italy
This 16th-century monastery has been turned into a surrealist architecture compound.