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A turquoise Lago Coatepeque.

El Salvador

Lago Coatepeque

This color-changing crater lake in El Salvador is occasionally impenetrable to sunlight.

The anechoic chamber

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Orfield Labs Quiet Chamber

This lab's maddening silence is good for business but bad for sanity.

Chandler's tumbleweed Christmas tree.

Chandler, Arizona

Tumbleweed Christmas Tree

Every Christmas, one Arizona city makes the most of its dry climate by creating an arid desert tannenbaum.

Santa's cabin outside of Uummannaq

Uummannaq, Greenland

Santa's House

Danish children are taught that Santa lives in Greenland, at this exact cabin.

Árbær Open Air Museum

Reykjavik, Iceland

Árbær Open Air Museum

The history of Reykjavik told through a historical village and live actors.

The cliffside village of Rocamadour.

Rocamadour, France

Rocamadour

This medieval village clings to a cliff in southwestern France.

This former veterinarian and self-professed “super lover of cheese” now follows his passion.

Barcelona, Spain

Pinullet

Visit the only cheesemaker working in Barcelona.

Hirosaki Castle

Hirosaki, Japan

Hirosaki Castle

The northernmost of the 12 surviving feudal castles of Japan is known as a cherry blossom viewing spot.

Order a cappuccino where the concept of utilitarianism was invented.

Oxford, England

Queen’s Lane Coffee House

Originally founded in 1654, this coffee house claims to be the oldest of its kind in Europe.

The Tomioka Silk Mill.

Tomioka, Japan

Tomioka Silk Mill

The World Heritage-designated site of Japan’s industrial revolution, once mistaken as a den of vampires.

This black locust is the oldest tree in Paris.

Paris, France

Oldest Tree in Paris

This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.

Escudella, a ham bone broth with snail-shaped pasta, is traditionally reserved for Christmas.

Barcelona, Spain

Can Culleretes

It’s Christmas every day at Barcelona’s oldest restaurant.

The thick ice takes on a blue color.

Woodstock, New Hampshire

Ice Castles

These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.

Ghost Lore Museum

Jiufen, Taiwan

Ghost Lore Museum

A museum about rituals, ghosts, and demons from around Asia, set in the middle of the peaceful Jiufen.

Behold, one of the Batmobiles from Batman Returns.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Hollywood Cars Museum and Liberace Garage

The most extravagant car collection features a Batmobile, Liberace's mirror ball-ed Rolls Royce, and a stunt car from 'The Fast and the Furious.'

The Giant's Grave.

Penrith, England

Giant’s Grave

It may not be the final resting place of a literal giant, but the Giant’s Grave is still archaeologically important.

One of the structures on Wolji Pond.

Gyeongju, South Korea

Wolji Pond

This human-made pond is part of a Korean palace complex first built in the 7th century.

Bronx Christmas House of the Garabedian Family

Bronx, New York

Bronx Christmas House of the Garabedian Family

Because holiday cheer is at its finest when it includes eerie mannequins, right?

Candy Cane Mountains

Siyazan, Azerbaijan

Candy Cane Mountains

Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.

Santa Claus's Main Post Office

Rovaniemi, Finland

Santa Claus's Main Post Office

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.

Up to 7,000 stars are visible to the naked eye on a dark night at the stargazing park.

Tonopah, Nevada

Tonopah Stargazing Park

Take in the beauty of the Milky Way at one of the best sites for stargazing in Nevada—a state with some tough competition.

The Alhambra Theatre & Dining

Jacksonville, Florida

The Alhambra Theatre & Dining

The oldest continuously-running professional dinner theater in the United States.

Say hello to Bemik, the sports and recreation bear.

Warsaw, Poland

Bemisie

A group of tiny bears has occupied various spots across Warsaw's Bemowo district.

Nussknackermuseum Neuhausen

Neuhausen, Germany

Nussknackermuseum Neuhausen

Home to the world's largest collection of nutcrackers.

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