Isla del Carmen, Mexico
Abandoned Salt Mine
This rural island is home to the ghost town of what used to be the world’s biggest salt mine.
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Isla del Carmen, Mexico
This rural island is home to the ghost town of what used to be the world’s biggest salt mine.
Pompeii, Italy
The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.
Dublin, Ireland
This is the largest cemetery in Ireland and the first cemetery museum in the world.
Iceland
This secluded Iceland farm holds the collected works of one rural sculptor's creations.
Budapest, Hungary
A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.
Tbilisi, Georgia
When the Soviets destroyed the historic Armenian monastery they somehow left its bell tower intact.
Trujillo, Honduras
Fenced off in a garden cemetery in Honduras lies the grave of the most notorious American filibuster.
New Delhi, India
This synagogue is the only place of worship for New Delhi’s small Jewish community.
Costa Rica
These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.
Stroumpi, Cyprus
The site of a prison camp where Cypriot resistance fighters were held in the 1950s.
Tisá, Czechia
Towering sandstone rock formations where 'The Chronicles of Narnia' was filmed.
Terezín, Czechia
Created as a "model concentration camp" to hide Nazi atrocities from the international community, this former camp-ghetto now holds a museum and memorial honoring the lives lost within.
Ventaquemada, Colombia
This small bridge serves as a symbol of South America's independence.
Ichigualasto, Argentina
Massive rock sculptures formed during the time of the dinosaurs still stand undisturbed.
Vienna, Austria
This museum is dedicated to the little known ancient Roman history of Vienna.
Salzburg, Austria
The medieval network of canals hidden underneath the city is opened to explorers each year.
Yerevan, Armenia
This medieval manuscript collection has some of the most obscure and ancient texts in the world.
Forst, Germany
This elaborate stone bridge over the Neisse river has sat in pieces since 1945.
Dietzenbach, Germany
This demonic monument commemorates a carving destroyed in World War II.
Tianshui, China
Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.
Alxa, China
Sited in an Inner Mongolian desert are the remnants of an important trade stop along the Silk Road.
Toronto, Ontario
A monument to the 17,000 Chinese who worked and died to build Canada's Pacific Railway.
Montreal, Québec
The only museum about the history of dentistry in Canada.
Porongurup, Australia
A metal skywalk leads to the top of this striking granite outcrop in Porongurup National Park.