Aurland, Norway
Laerdal Tunnel
Longest road tunnel in the world features an air treatment plant and the illusion of daylight.
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Aurland, Norway
Longest road tunnel in the world features an air treatment plant and the illusion of daylight.
Vaadhoo, Maldives
Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.
Fontenay-en-Parisis, France
The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.
Waitomo, New Zealand
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
Ylöjärvi, Finland
This intricately spiralling forest was created as a monumental work of art.
Stanley, Idaho
Experience the wonders of a pristine night sky in this landscape free from light pollution.
London, England
The final resting place to 300 Victorian-era pets hides inside the city park.
Mousehole, Cornwall, England
The harbour of this Cornish village is illuminated by thousands of lights every Christmas season.
London, England
The world’s second-largest flood defense barrier has protected London for decades.
Rovaniemi, Finland
This Finnish town on the Arctic Circle is trademarked as the Official Hometown of Santa Claus.
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
A vertical tube that allows you to see what's going on underneath the Antarctic sea ice.
Bloomfield, Connecticut
Sand dunes from a glacial lake are preserved in this woodland park.
Hartford, Connecticut
The former home of Samuel Clemens and family remembers the happiest period of the author's life.
Hartford, Connecticut
An actual piece of the Moon, brought down to Earth by Apollo 15.
Hartford, Connecticut
This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.
Cambridge, England
This tree was grafted from the actual tree that led Isaac Newton to ponder the theory of gravity.
Cambridge, England
An ordinary lamppost situated in the middle of Cambridge has an unusual moniker and history.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Bath, England
These markers note British stars of both stage and screen.
Florence, Italy
A haunting medieval cloister that once served as the friars’ burial ground.
La Pointe, Wisconsin
These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.
Last Chance, Colorado
Winter and summer solstice aligned sculpture in the middle of nowhere.
Aviemore, Scotland
Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.
Rydal, England
Thought to be Britain’s earliest purpose-built viewing station, this small hut frames a magical waterfall.