Meath, Ireland
Mound of the Hostages
An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.
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Meath, Ireland
An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.
Hegra, Saudi Arabia
An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.
Santiago, Chile
Pablo Neruda's custom-built lover's nest was made to remind him of the sea and named after his mistress' hair.
A Coruña, Spain
The oldest Roman lighthouse still in use.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
The largest hot spring in the United States is, as the name suggests, a stunning show of natural color.
Zutphen, Netherlands
Unchanged for centuries, this medieval library keeps its books in chains.
East Sussex, England
These stark white cliffs were spat up by the sea and are slowly being retaken by it.
Kanchanaburi, Thailand
From dragonfruit to mangoes to durian this Thailand resort allows guests to stay inside all manner of giant fruit.
Želízy, Czechia
Two monstrous faces loom over a village in Czechia.
Gharapuri, India
An extraordinary "City of Caves" carved from solid stone.
Kanyakumari, India
This bright pink Gandhi memorial was built so that sunshine hits a specific spot on his birthday.
Magnetic Island, Australia
After much poking and prodding, this island is decidedly not a magnetic anomaly, but it sure is pretty.
Istanbul, Turkey
This remarkably well-preserved Egyptian plinth is pretty well traveled for a giant piece of stone.
Phan Thiet, Vietnam
These crumbling towers are some of the last remnants of a centuries-old Vietnamese culture.
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.
Duchesne County, Utah
The highest peak in Utah is the hardest to reach, but only if explorers choose the hard way.
Bezidu Nou, Romania
This Romanian village may have been drowned, but it is long from forgotten.
London, England
A special shop catering to the needs of things that go bump in the night, and also helps kids become writers.
Bayatbademleri Köyü, Turkey
Once described as the "Eagle's Nest," this ruined ancient city rests on a remote mountaintop.
Villa Martelli, Argentina
This giant power line tower is a robot that can express its moods in neon.
Whittier, Alaska
This small city where almost everyone lives in the same building can only be reached via North America's longest tunnel.
Fredericksburg, Virginia
The remains of a failed attempt at medieval nerdery are hidden deep in the woods of Virginia.
Paola, Malta
This subterranean necropolis holds three floors of antler-dug grave caves.
Morondava, Madagascar
The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.