Shahrak, Afghanistan
Minaret of Jam
200-foot-high minaret and only remnant of Afghanistan's lost city of the Turquoise Mountain.
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Shahrak, Afghanistan
200-foot-high minaret and only remnant of Afghanistan's lost city of the Turquoise Mountain.
Pavia, Portugal
Pagan monument converted to Christianity with the population.
Els Prats de Rei, Spain
Tower that was a frequent stop on the travels of King James I.
Thaton District, Myanmar
A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.
Antsalova, Madagascar
Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.
Mampikony, Madagascar
Giant disc-shaped gate took 20 men to close off this city in Madagascar.
Berlin, Germany
Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.
Jinan, South Korea
120 mortarless pagodas built by one Korean hermit.
Namibia
Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.
Bentleyville, Ohio
Landmark dedicated to the plight of the American Indian in the 21st century.
Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
Tristan da Cunha
The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.
Tarragona, Spain
Stunning Roman aqueduct used for 1900 years and still standing.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Anaheim, California
The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.
Jersey
A passage grave used in neolithic rituals.
Berwick-upon-Tweed, England
Decaying 18th-century church converted to a single-family home.
Beveren, Belgium
This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.
Kampung Lupak Luas, Brunei
Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."
A Coruña, Spain
Giant granite sculptures representing family on the northern coast of Spain.
Artesina, Italy
Giant, pink stuffed rabbit on an Italian mountain.
La Paz, Bolivia
Bolivia's needle-like rock formations.
Al-Chibayish, Iraq
Giant reed houses made in the marshes of Southern Iraq.
Salantai, Lithuania
Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.