Salses-le-Château, France
Château de Salses
This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.
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Salses-le-Château, France
This castle-fortress is a living example of the transition from medieval defenses to modern fortifications.
Nye County, Nevada
The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.
Congleton, England
This logic-defying 16th-century Tudor manor still stands to the delight and astonishment of onlookers.
Hilo, Hawaii
Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.
Ohaupo, New Zealand
One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.
Drabeši parish, Latvia
This wooden recreation of a 9th century lake village looks as though it was built yesterday (which it relatively was).
Rikaze Diqu, Tibet
The highest monastery in the world operates a tiny guesthouse with doors open to all.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
Iceland
This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.
Tinian, Northern Mariana Islands
In ancient times, these fallen standing stones supported a massive house.
Canterbury, England
This skewed English house has looked like it's going to fall over for centuries.
Italy
According to the local folklore, the myriad colors of this lake are the result of a lovelorn wizard's blunder.
Norfolk, Virginia
This old-fashioned carhop restaurant gave the world the waffle cone.
Perth, Scotland
The Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.
Cass, West Virginia
Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.
Mount Washington, Massachusetts
One of the most scenic falls in Massachusetts has a history of death and grim legend.
Jinja, Uganda
A strangely forgotten claimant to the much contested title of "Source of the Nile."
York, Maine
New England's tallest light house stands on an island with a history of cannibalism and death.
Pecos, New Mexico
Despite time, colonization, and the brutal New Mexican heat, these Pueblo ruins still stand.
Ligatne, Latvia
A top secret Cold War bunker hidden beneath a Latvian spa facility is now open for tours.
Salzburg, Austria
This 19th century cyclorama acts like an analogue time machine to a different era.
Conwy, Wales
A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.
Campillo de Dueñas, Spain
This awesome Spanish castle is so fantastical it was actually used on Game of Thrones.
Ghent, Belgium
Each time a baby is born in Ghent, these streetlights flash in silent celebration.