Cobán, Guatemala
Vivero Verapaz
This orchid sanctuary protects countless varieties of the flower, from the huge to the microscopic.
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Cobán, Guatemala
This orchid sanctuary protects countless varieties of the flower, from the huge to the microscopic.
Panguipulli, Chile
This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.
Talkeetna, Alaska
This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.
Bermuda
Once a strategically imperative naval base, portions of this Bermuda dock complex now serve cruise ships.
Muchu, Nepal
This remote Himalayan temple is in danger of being completely washed away by a melting glacier.
Budapest, Hungary
From Austrians to Nazis to Soviets, this historic Budapest fortress has a history as complex as the city itself.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.
Iceland
Twisted girders are all that remain of an Icelandic bridge that was wiped out by a combination of volcanic heat and glacial floods.
Brooklyn, New York
Empty, but not abandoned, this cavernous Brooklyn loading dock was once considered the largest individual building in the world.
Znojmo, Czechia
This network of conjoined cellars was riddled with traps and supposedly allowed the townspeople to pretend their homes were deserted.
Houston, Texas
There is an unmarked red button hidden over Houston's Buffalo Bayou that is just begging to pushed...
Council Bluffs, Iowa
The world's only three-story rotary jail is now a museum to a bizarre trend in prison design.
Madrid, Spain
Stuck in the middle of a modern Madrid city block are the remains of a 19th century sports complex.
Gland, Switzerland
This long line of cement defensive wedges is named after the famous chocolate bar for obvious reasons.
Tonnerre, France
This natural French spring has been turned into a magical grotto by Roman and medieval constructions.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
A small metropolis of Pueblo cave dwellings have been carved right into the hillside of this national monument.
Hartford, Connecticut
This Connecticut chapel is a starkly modern, and surprisingly colorful, architectural rebel.
Chios, Greece
Two churches shoot bottle rockets at each others' bell towers in an unusual Easter celebration.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
Seattle, Washington
This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.
London, England
An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.
Chisinau, Moldova
This abandoned Soviet circus is slowly being restored to its Communist-era glory.
Hveragerði, Iceland
Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.