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A stunning blue-green lake located in the Terskey Alatau mountain range.

This 13th century Orthodox monastery is built right into the Moldovan cliffside.

This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.

This 13th-century monastery chiseled into the side of a mountain is equipped with a bridge that can be lifted to protect against raids.

Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.

This 24-acre park offers a place for meditation in the midst of Sedona's iconic red rocks.

A cake-themed art installation tucked away in historic Chinatown.

These structures were inspired by both Native American shelters as well as, strangely, an ice cream shop.

A 36-ton remnant of the last Ice Age now resides amid picturesque vineyards.

Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.

Now overgrown, these anti-tank barriers from World War II are sometimes called "dragon's teeth."

Some 10,000 works of ancient rock art cover these volcanic basalt outcrops near the Gila River.

A sprawling network of century-old subterranean catacombs lies beneath a nondescript suburban home.

Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.

According to legend, those who pray at this statue will also be granted a wish.

A tribute to the statues of Easter Island along Route 66.

The largest Roman amphitheater in the Balkans once held over 20,000 people, but managed to lay hidden for hundreds of years.

This statue honors one of Budapest's most beloved literary characters.

Located in the middle of public park, this cave built in the early 19th century houses an ancient stone sarcophagus.

This unusual gravestone was crafted for cricket lover and master bat maker William Oates Sykes.

A Rocky Mountain city provides a happy ending for a pinto pony and his Brobdingnagian red chair.

On an island south of Iceland, a large volcanic rock formation resembles an elephant.

Now housed in a museum, this giant pink elephant stood in downtown Seattle for more than 60 years.

This abstract sculpture once had a twin in Prague.