Garden Grove, California
Cao Dai California Temple
The design of this ornately decorated place of worship closely mirrors a church in Vietnam.
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Garden Grove, California
The design of this ornately decorated place of worship closely mirrors a church in Vietnam.
San Lawrenz, Malta
Two geological phenomena in one precarious locale: a towering stone window, and a deep blue void.
Iż-Żebbuġ, Malta
Spectacular secluded inlet with clear waters flanked by limestone cliffs.
Malta
This tiny island is recognized as the site where St. Paul landed after a shipwreck in the first century.
Kerċem, Malta
This 19th-century aqueduct provides insights into how water was supplied to Victoria on the island of Gozo before modern plumbing.
San Lawrenz, Malta
The fishing boats that moor in this small lagoon enter and leave through a tunnel to the sea.
Victoria, Malta
This prison on the Maltese island of Gozo is almost 500 years old, and they have the graffiti to prove it.
Valletta, Malta
A centuries-old forgotten underworld lies beneath Malta.
Mellieħa, Malta
An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.
Rome, Italy
Crispy, cheesy rice balls—the Roman answer to arancini—take center stage here.
Rome, Italy
The Italian revolutionary's legendary wife is portrayed on horseback waving a gun and holding her child in this memorial on the Janiculum.
Rome, Italy
Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.
Rome, Italy
An ancient Roman temple first dedicated to an emperor's wife is now a church.
Rome, Italy
A magnificent waterfall is also home to the remains of a Roman hydraulic engineering system.
Rome, Italy
This ancient market is often referred to as the oldest shopping mall in the world.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Anaheim, California
The oldest attraction in Disneyland is a prehistoric stump that Walt may have bought for his wife.
Garden Grove, California
Megachurch turned Catholic church comprised of 10,000 glass panes.
Tustin, California
This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.
Huntington Beach, California
This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.
Long Beach, California
These four islands right offshore have waterfalls, colorful lights, fancy buildings, and a secret purpose.
Long Beach, California
The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.
Hermiston, Oregon
A stunning landscape of bunkers that once stored chemical weapons.
Government Camp, Oregon
Despite a legend that says this highest peak in Oregon was climbed in high heels, scores of people have died on its slopes.