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A monument to the first person to sail around the world solo, nowhere close to where he was born, set sail, or landed.

Artillery recovered from the sea floor marks the spot of an extraordinary shipwreck.

A much-loved local landmark pays tribute to the shipbuilding past of this area.

Get a close-up look at a 16th-century Basque whaling ship at this factory and museum.

Celebrating the Swedish ship used in the first Arctic expedition to navigate through the Northeast Passage.

The remains of a 19th century cargo ship now sits in the middle of a quaint neighborhood after a century spent on the ocean floor.

A boat slowly sinking into the Essex mud flats bearing the names of the disappeared that haunt the Thames Estuary.

World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.

A cheeky architectural easter egg.

Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.

This old mill and former police station now present a world-class collection of Orthodox iconography.

This steel frame is a skeletal mirage of a lost 16th-century stone building.

This Czech church doubles as something of a permanent fashion exhibition for a statue of the Infant Jesus.

An old church full of restored Catholic statues is a makeup artist's labor of love.

Mexico's largest collection of masks is found in the ruins of an abandoned convent.

One of the most remote lodges in the Amazon offers rare wildlife encounters and undisturbed views of the Peruvian rainforest.

Romania's "Red Ravine" is a little-known natural wonder that bears a resemblance to the Grand Canyon.

This large sand dune in the Netherlands is home to wind-whipped trees with "floating" roots.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

This collection of Dwarf beech trees were once believed to be enchanted trolls in disguise.

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.

At the most northwestern point of the contiguous United States lies a trail leading through an ancient forest to stunning cliff-side vistas and massive oceanside caves.

This brass doorknob is a nod to a local literary figure.