Creetown, Scotland
Glenquicken Stone Circle
A gap marks the spot where a now-missing stone once completed the circular arrangement at this Neolithic site.
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Creetown, Scotland
A gap marks the spot where a now-missing stone once completed the circular arrangement at this Neolithic site.
Leuven, Belgium
A tiny metropolis resides inside this student housing complex.
Tokyo, Japan
Losing lottery tickets are deposited at this shrine in hopes of better luck.
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
Built by Portuguese colonizers, the palace is now the seat of power for the independent nation.
Toronto, Ontario
The remains of a once-famous hotel that also acted as an artist colony.
Itō, Japan
The largest seated Buddha statue in Japan is the centerpiece of an abandoned complex in a quiet, seaside town.
Rio Grande, Brazil
The longest sea beach in the world can be found on the southern coast of Brazil.
Dumfries, Scotland
This 900-foot structure with 20 arches crossing a Scottish river was built in the late 19th century.
Padua, Italy
A twisted steel beam from the wreckage of the World Trade Center is the centerpiece of this memorial for those who died on September 11, 2001.
Vaiaku, Tuvalu
Ancient weaving techniques are used to create these colorful souvenirs.
Asheville, North Carolina
A 17th-century bezoar, dirt from an infamous site, and other curios decorate this unusual bar.
Ba, Fiji
This authentic Fijian restaurant helps farmers and fishermen recover from natural disaster.
Munich, Germany
On high feast days, the entire blue-glass front of this modern church opens up to reveal the small wooden church inside.
Padernello, Italy
A stately castle in the northern Italian countryside has been restored after years of neglect.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.
Hayling Island, England
This concrete monster of a wreck lies in the mouth of Langstone Harbour as a monument to the incredible history of D-Day.
Cusco, Peru
Reclaimed material from a convent destroyed by cannonfire was used to build parts of this 19th-century cemetery.
Hakui, Japan
A museum of space exploration in the UFO capital of Japan.
Corinne, Utah
Dozens of rockets and missiles are on display outside a testing facility in the Utah desert.
Rome, Italy
In Rome’s Jewish ghetto, a 200-year-old bakery still makes the neighborhood’s historic sweets.
Mexico City, Mexico
Underneath the historic center of Mexico City, the remains of a temple dedicated to the Aztec god of the wind.
Gainesville, Florida
This Buddhist temple is home to a number of towering statues spread over a peaceful wooded park.
Bhardaha, Nepal
This structure, built more than 60 years ago to manage devastating seasonal floods, is known to attract a rare species of freshwater dolphin.
Yerington, Nevada
A deep toxic lake fills this abandoned open-pit copper mine, now a Superfund site.