Fairbourne, Wales
The Blue Lake
A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.
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Fairbourne, Wales
A hidden tunnel leads to an abandoned slate quarry that's now a secret swimming spot guarded by cliffs.
Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales
Neolithic burial chambers hidden beside a village school.
Tanygrisiau, Wales
For the deepest sleep of your life, head 1,375 feet underground in Wales.
Anderby Creek, England
The world’s first dedicated cloud observation platform.
Halstead, England
A hunched figure depicted on the signs honors a local gentleman who died on an Antarctic expedition.
Thetford, England
A mysterious crater-like pond has a spooky tendency to empty and fill with complete disregard to rainfall patterns.
Thetford, England
This 15th-century fortification was built to defend bunnies.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Slovenia's first mosque is a striking mix of Islamic and modernist architecture.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
A trough of 700 strange bronze faces runs through a narrow alley in Ljubljana's old town.
Guyana
The world's widest single drop waterfall, and the two men who legend says went over its edge in a boat.
Sucre, Venezuela
Massive sinkholes on a mountain in one of the most remote places in Venezuela.
Santa Terezinha, Brazil
High plateaus and beautiful waterfalls frame this ecologically significant nature preserve.
Tristan da Cunha
The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.
Mmatshumo, Botswana
An enchanting rocky island of scraggly baobabs surrounded by an ancient sea and sprawling salt pans.
Siavonga, Zambia
The petrified remains of 150-million-year-old trees can be seen in and among the houses of the local villagers.
Masvingo, Zimbabwe
The largest prehistoric ruins south of the Sahara, once a powerful center of international trade.
Chivhu, Zimbabwe
Several ancient rock paintings can be found on the hills surrounding the Daramombe High School.
Malindi, Kenya
Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.
Qesm Hurghada, Egypt
A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.
Sderot, Israel
A memorial monument over the ruins of Sderot’s police station remembers the lives lost in the October 7th attack.
Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates's biggest and oldest fort pays homage to a lost era.
Yemen
The most alien-looking place on Earth.
Gbadolite, Democratic Republic of the Congo
The "Versailles of the Jungle" built by a dictator is now a decaying shadow of its hubristic grandeur.