Berlin, Germany
Schwerbelastungskörper
Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.
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Berlin, Germany
Super-heavy Nazi architectural experiment.
Halbe, Germany
It's always summer at the beach inside this former airship hangar.
Vienna, Austria
The Habsburgs' royal collections of art and wonders.
Berlin, Germany
Cold war icon and onetime "hole" in the iron curtain.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin's oldest surviving academic architecture hosted decades of animal dissections.
New York, New York
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Carnac, France
Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.
Phan Thiet, Vietnam
This whimsically named Vietnamese stream is closer to a walkway than a waterway.
Oslo, Norway
Across the Pacific in a raft, a museum dedicated to Thor Heyerdahl's now legendary expedition.
Oslo, Norway
Home to three historic ships from the age of Vikings.
Vatican City
Hidden beneath the famous St. Peter's Basilica is a veritable city of the dead that may hold the remains of St. Peter himself.
Istanbul, Turkey
A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.
Datong, China
Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.
Datong, China
A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.
Beijing, China
The most famous location in China was home to whole dynasties worth of imperial rulers.
Beijing, China
This smaller cousin of the Forbidden City has gone from ancestral sacrifice to tourist's whispers.
San Francisco, California
The last remaining relic of San Francisco's glittering 1915 Panama Pacific Exposition.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
The oldest museum in Russia is home to a fascinating collection of nearly two million anthropological artifacts and anatomical curiosities.
Munnar, India
At 8,000 feet, the world's highest tea estate draws visitors for both its products and its panoramic views.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
A battle between nature and architecture in the Cambodian jungle.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
A nightmare for the claustrophobic lies hidden in Southeast Asia.
Hòa Thắng, Vietnam
A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.