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Main Post Office, Skopje, 1974

Skopje, North Macedonia

Post Office and Telecommunications Center

A Brutalist architectural gem hidden among Skopje’s neoclassical buildings.

The theatre.

Sax, Spain

Colony of Santa Eulalia

An abandoned socialist utopia built in the late 19th century.

Gëlle Fra

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Gëlle Fra

Luxembourg's most popular statue since 1923 has been missing for... 26 years!

Belval Blast Furnaces

Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

Belval Blast Furnaces

Two standing giants remain as a tribute to Luxembourg's metallurgical past.

Volklinger Ironworks

Völklingen, Germany

Volklinger Ironworks

A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.

Mount Asahi on a clear day.

Higashikawa, Japan

Mount Asahi

The highest mountain in Hokkaido was the setting for one of Japan’s strangest unsolved mysteries.

Nakagin Capsule Tower
Permanently Closed

Tokyo, Japan

Nakagin Capsule Tower

The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.

Organic Building

Osaka, Japan

Organic Building

An office building covered from head to toe in over eighty variety of plants

Maishima Incineration Plant

Osaka, Japan

Maishima Incineration Plant

This whimsical garbage disposal facility receives around 12,000 accidental tourists each year.

Naruto Strait and its famed whirlpools

Naruto, Japan

Naruto Whirlpools

The famed natural wonder that gave its name to a fishcake as well as one of the most popular anime series of all time.

One of Yayoi Kusama's wonderful pumpkins.

Naoshima, Japan

Bennesse Art Site Naoshima

A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.

Foraminifera

Taketomi, Japan

The Star Sands of Hoshizuna-no-hama

White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.

Rotorua

Rotorua, New Zealand

Rotorua

Major tourist destination known for its bubbling mud-pools and hot thermal springs.

Franz Josef Glacier

South Island, New Zealand

Franz Josef Glacier

The glacier tucked within a New Zealand rainforest.

Milford Sound, Fiordland National Park, New Zealand

Milford Sound, New Zealand

Milford Sound

Dolphins, ancient clams and hundreds of waterfalls make this one of the world's top tourist destinations.

Takapō (Lake Tekapo)

Lake Tekapo, New Zealand

Takapō (Lake Tekapo)

A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.

The Cardboard Cathedral in 2013

Christchurch, New Zealand

Cardboard Cathedral

This semi-permanent cathedral was built of cardboard, wood, and steel after Christchurch's 2011 earthquake.

Ōnawe Peninsula

Duvauchelle, New Zealand

Ōnawe Peninsula

A peninsula on a peninsula that becomes an island at high tide.

Oscar Wilde Statue in Merrion Square Park, across the street from his childhood home

Dublin, Ireland

Statue of Oscar Wilde

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

Salford Lad's Club

Salford, England

Salford Lads' Club

This historic club for wayward boys has shaped some of the biggest names in music almost as much as they have shaped it.

Harland and Wolff Shipyard.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Samson and Goliath

These engineering masterpieces are a dominant feature of the Belfast skyline.

The now-open gates.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Belfast Peace Lines

These barriers stand as stark reminders of Northern Ireland's troubled past.

The tower dominates the town's skyline.

Oban, Scotland

McCaig’s Tower

Looking strangely like Rome's Colosseum, this unfinished tower has dominated the skyline for over 100 years.

The south face of Ben Nevis

Polldubh, Scotland

Ben Nevis

The highest peak in the United Kingdom has a history of physics, specters, and a pilgrimage of strange objects.

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