Rome, Italy
Santa Maria della Concezione Crypts
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
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Rome, Italy
The crypts of Capuchin friars decorated with the bones of over 4,000 friars, including an entire "crypt of pelvises."
Săpânța, Romania
A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Stekene, Belgium
Somewhere there is a giant who can no longer poop, but now travelers can stay inside his anus.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Alexandria, Egypt
Part shoe store, part sociopolitical art gallery, part zoo.
Nagoa Ash Shatb, Egypt
One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.
Luxor, Egypt
Known as the Sistine Chapel of Egypt, this tomb houses some of the most well-preserved paintings in Egypt.
Badrshein, Egypt
This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.
Egypt
An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.
Colares, Portugal
The verdant mossy ruins of a Franciscan monastery lie in the remote Sintra hills awaiting exploration.
Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.
Tandjouare, Togo
Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.
Djenne, Mali
The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.
Cape Reinga, New Zealand
Watch the seas clash at the place where according to Maori tradition, the spirits depart for their journey to the afterlife.
Yemen
The most alien-looking place on Earth.
Laconia, Greece
A cave network located at the southernmost tip of mainland Greece was once believed to be an entrance to Hades.
Andros, Greece
Perched on a spindly rock spire in a Greek archipelago, this lighthouse would make a perfect wizard's tower.
Talasea, Papua New Guinea
Two World War II aircraft lie within the jungle around this abandoned runway.
Monduli, Tanzania
A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.
Montemor-o-Novo, Portugal
This crumbling Portuguese ruin overlooks the populace it once ruled.
Alcobaça, Portugal
The corpse bride of Portugal.
Luso, Portugal
A majestic hotel for dreamers rises from the center of a fairytale wood.
Lisbon, Portugal
This once-forgotten oasis in the middle of Lisbon was first created over a century ago quite by accident.