Glenfinnan, Scotland
Glenfinnan Viaduct
Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.
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Glenfinnan, Scotland
Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.
Skibbereen, Ireland
This floating garden in the sky is straight out of a fairy tale, but the real thing is nothing short of magical.
Stonehaven, Scotland
The ruins of this gorgeous clifftop castle look like something from a fantasy novel.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
San Francisco, California
The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.
Budapest, Hungary
This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.
Orchard Park, New York
A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.
San Simeon, California
The unbelievably opulent home built for an infamous newspaperman.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Saturnia, Italy
Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.
Barcelona, Spain
These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.
Hakone, Japan
Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Italy
According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.
Saltville, Virginia
This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.
Halle, Belgium
Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.
Logan, Ohio
Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.
Helensburgh, Australia
An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.
Alghero, Italy
Stalactites and stalagmites in a beautifully lit cave.
Paris, France
This museum houses an imposing skeleton army comprised of creatures great and small.
Yokohama, Japan
This historical theme park celebrates all things noodle.
Kilkenny, Ireland
This Irish show cave is said to have been the site of a Viking massacre that claimed 1,000 lives.