Austin, Nevada
U.S. Route 50
Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.
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Austin, Nevada
Officially named the "Loneliest Road in America," this barren stretch of Nevada road offers almost nothing but sky and open fields.
Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Pompeii, Italy
Ancient snack bar of the Roman Empire re-opened.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Dublin, Ireland
Dublin's "Dead Zoo" serves as a window to Victorian museum design.
Corofin, Ireland
A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.
Kerry, Ireland
Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.
Connemara, Ireland
A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.
Paris, France
This demon atop the Notre-Dame de Paris looks utterly bored.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Brussels, Belgium
A little sculpture with a large wardrobe.
Vienna, Austria
Giant WWII fortresses that fired 8,000 rounds a minute, now home to thousands of pigeons.
Werfen, Austria
The largest ice cave in the world is thought to be the entrance to hell according to Austrian legend.
Vienna, Austria
The topiary maze at the Habsburg hunting lodge.
Vernazza, Italy
Five candy-colored villages on the Italian Riviera.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Danish tourist destination well known for open stalls where vendors sell marijuana on the street.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Tongwynlais, Wales
High Victorian fantasy created a fairytale castle out of a ruined fortress in Wales.
Alexandria, Scotland
Largest lake in Great Britain measured by surface area.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.
Glenfinnan, Scotland
Now famous as the "Harry Potter bridge," this impressive concrete viaduct has long been an icon in its own right.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Ancient cliffs resembling a kilt on Scotland’s second-largest island emit an entrancing sound.
Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland
The most iconic structure in Scotland has been home to bishops, colonels, and Sean Connery characters.