Santa Catalina, Colombia
The Volcan de Lodo El Totumo
The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.
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Santa Catalina, Colombia
The caldera of this mini-volcano has been turned into a naturally heated mud bath.
Cartagena, Colombia
This elegant Colombian fortress was one of the torture headquarters for the Spanish Inquisition.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Riga, Latvia
A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.
Riga, Latvia
Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.
Riga, Latvia
Medical museum that houses most notably the taxidermied remains of Vladimir Demikhov's famous two-headed dog experiment.
Tallinn, Estonia
The Guardian of Tallinn.
Tallinn, Estonia
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
Pushkin, Russia
An 18th century wonder of the world, lost in WWII, re-created at the Catherine Palace.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Palace where the nearly un-killable Rasputin was murdered.
Helsinki, Finland
This insurance company building reminds customers that witches, bears, and gnomes are out there, best be insured.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Helsinki, Finland
Architecturally stunning library serves as the hub of Finnish scholarly life and culture.
Stockholm, Sweden
Early habitat dioramas and home of the elusive gaff, the skvader.
Stockholm, Sweden
Stockholm's decidedly unique public transit system has doubled as the world's longest art gallery for decades.
Salem, Massachusetts
The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
New York, New York
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Seligman, Arizona
A classic Route 66 landmark that was built with scrap lumber and is held together with kitsch and puns.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Page, Arizona
Most-visited and most-photographed slot canyon in the American Southwest.
Williams, Arizona
An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.