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These stunning arched rock formations might be familiar to Windows 10 users.

Africa's own Christ the Redeemer looks over Angola's second largest city.

Tiny museum with unusual specimens.

A remembrance of the local Scottish victims of the Lockerbie Bombing Incident in the now-restored neighborhood.

This gallery dedicated to regional and emerging Black artists is housed in a historic building-turned-arts-hub.

Beneath its placid surface, one of New York City's primary sources of drinking water hides a haunted past.

This now-protected stone circle is an archeological mystery and a stellar viewpoint.

A statue of the forgotten American who helped transform Hokkaido and Japan.

This boat represents the promise of undiscovered territory, a dream of hope, and progress and freedom for Iceland.

A wonderland of oil paintings by a self-taught artist who collaborates with Imagine Dragons—hidden in a 17th-century building near the Rembrandt House.

This sprawling stone mosaic on Berlin’s Museum Island transforms archaeological finds and local legends into a walkable work of art.

An ambitious developer built what was once the world's tallest fountain in a Phoenix suburb.

A cosmic pit stop just beyond the notorious Area 51.

As Ernest Hemingway scribbled notes for stories, he left a lasting impression on this bar: a charred hole where he extinguished his cigars.

In spite of its medieval appearance and name, this building actually dates back to the Industrial Revolution.

A former graveyard for Riga’s elite is now a large park with elegant monuments.

Prank chair from an 18th-century Danish royal court shows the eternal popularity of fart jokes.

Marker for a long-gone electric trolley line that spurred the economic development of West Asheville.

A dilapidated Victorian mansion sits in the middle of a Virginia golf course.

Unassuming public garden with hundreds of rose varieties.

A haunted outpost in Moldova, where guards are said to have fired at a ghostly figure.

The poet’s tombstone keeps getting vandalized by her fans.

According to local legend, this unassuming art gallery was once used to imprison witches.

Glass-walled, mid-century modern showroom for cars, still in operation.