Caltagirone, Italy
Ceramic Steps of Caltagirone
142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.
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Caltagirone, Italy
142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.
Page, Arizona
A sharp bend in a dramatic river canyon cut through red rocks.
Aba, China
Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.
Antequera, Spain
Rare karst landscape eroded from a flat seabed.
Davenport, Australia
Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.
Bodhgaya, India
Siddhartha Gautama sat here and received enlightenment.
Ziyang, China
Snow-capped peaks, colorful waterfalls and stunning vistas on the edge of the Himalayas.
Panama City, Panama
A pocket of jungle amidst urban expansion in Panama.
Piusa, Estonia
Man-made mineral caves house massive bat colony.
Manazan, Turkey
Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.
Quepos, Costa Rica
Costa Rican accommodation resembles a crash site, but with a nice balcony.
Zaandam, Netherlands
Colorful and chaotic stacked hotel in North Holland.
Ellicott City, Maryland
The haunting "Hell House Altar" is one of the few remnants of an abandoned college that has been a magnet for local legends.
Barcelona, Spain
A former steam-powered mill from the 1800s is now an industrial park with a giant steel dragon slide.
Riga, Latvia
3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.
Moscow, Russia
Immortal combat in a Moscow museum.
Xilin Gol, China
The largest dinosaurs in the world, kissing above the highway.
Irkutsk, Russia
Intricate wood carvings on an island in Siberia.
Iceland
The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The cinder cone volcano with a less than complimentary name.
Predjama, Slovenia
Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.
Xilin Gol, China
Jurassic theme park in the small town of Erlian.
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Steepest flood safety railway in the entire world.
Zhangjiajie, China
A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.