Tokyo, Japan
Tsukiji Hongan-ji Temple
A grand Buddhist temple with Indian influences.
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Tokyo, Japan
A grand Buddhist temple with Indian influences.
Bangkok, Thailand
This dazzling Buddhist temple was constructed from over one million ceramic tiles salvaged from a British shipwreck.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.
London, England
The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.
Metten, Germany
This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.
Yerevan, Armenia
This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.
Puebla, Mexico
The first public library in the Americas has more than 45,000 books dating back to the 15th century.
Narlai, India
Designed to serve primarily the Maharaja, this is an interesting variation on the traditional stepped well.
Mkawer, Jordan
This cascade of mineral-rich hot springs and waterfalls is an oasis in the Jordanian desert.
London, England
A mineral spring that became all the rage in 17th-century England.
Brow Burn, Scotland
Mineral well linked to the final days of a beloved Scottish poet.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.
Hettingen, Germany
Opulent period costumes and murals lead you on a journey through fashion history.
Cuenca, Ecuador
An Ecuadorian haberdashery that sets the record straight about the so-called "Panama" hat.
Ercolano, Italy
For decades, vendors have sold clothes once worn by American soldiers who stormed Italy in the 1940s.
Graybull, Wyoming
This largest dinosaur tracksite in Wyoming is one of the only in the world from the Middle Jurassic Period.
Mpulungu, Zambia
The forgotten remains of the first steamship that launched on Lake Tanganyika.
Tønsvik, Norway
At this Arctic outpost, get to know members of the indigenous Sámi community and meet their herds.
Nunavut
The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.
Antarctica
These passages carved from the Antarctic ice hold strange shrines to the harsh southernmost climes.
New York, New York
This monument is dedicated to Balto, the heroic Alaskan sled dog.
King George Island, Antarctica
One of only two civilian settlements in the desolate lands of chilly Antarctica.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The tallest monument in a historic New Orleans cemetery was prompted by romance and dash of pettiness.
Huntsville, Texas
Inmates dig the graves at the largest prison cemetery in the U.S., the final resting place of both cowboys and Indians.