Nye County, Nevada
Atomic Survival Town
A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
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Nye County, Nevada
A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
Las Vegas, Nevada
James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
São Miguel, Portugal
When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.
Warsaw, Poland
A 20th-century picture show in 3-D.
Warsaw, Poland
After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.
Leça da Palmeira, Portugal
An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.
Cascais, Portugal
A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.
Évora, Portugal
A 16th century chapel decorated with bones, skulls, and entire bodies hanging from the wall.
Idanha-a-Nova, Portugal
Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
Portugal
A submerged village appears when dam levels drop.
Lisbon, Portugal
Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.
Porto, Portugal
The stunning interior of this Gothic church is covered in ornate gold details.
Arcozelo, Portugal
Picturesque intersection of witchcraft and ancient Christianity.
Lisbon, Portugal
The world's oldest bookshop still in operation.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Stockholm, Sweden
A heated statue pays tribute to one of Sweden's great actresses.
Stockholm, Sweden
A Japanese video game arcade hides in the back of a Swedish pool hall.
Stockholm, Sweden
Every Tuesday, students let off steam by screaming into the night air.
Stockholm, Sweden
Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.
Stockholm, Sweden
Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.