Riola, Italy
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Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.
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Riola, Italy
Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.
Labante, Italy
South of Bologna, a limestone grotto with a protruding waterfall and a floor full of cave pearls.
Vagli Sopra, Italy
This Tuscan lake hides a 13th century town that is still visible when the water recedes.
Vaglia, Italy
Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.
San Marcello Pistoiese, Italy
A factory director designed what was the world's longest suspension footbridge in 1923 so his employees could get to work safely.
Capannori, Italy
This enchanting 600-year-old tree is so magical it inspired the beloved tale of Pinocchio.
Kisoro, Uganda
The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.
Astana, Kazakhstan
Iconic pyramid from famed British architect Norman Foster designed to represent all of the world's religious faiths.
Mexico City, Mexico
The famous artist couple lived and worked here, in two different houses connected by a bridge.
Mexico City, Mexico
Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.
San Andrés Cholula, Mexico
An Aztec temple, the largest man-made pyramid in the world, sits buried in earth with a Spanish church set on top.
Puebla, Mexico
A 500-year-old series of tunnels long believed to be folkloric was uncovered beneath the streets of Puebla.
Tepoztlán, Mexico
High atop a Mexican rainforest mountain, this ancient pyramid once drew pilgrims countries away.
Temoaya, Mexico
This ceremonial Mexican square looks as though it belongs in a science fiction movie.
El Rosario, Mexico
The winter home of millions of migrating monarch butterflies.
Huasca de Ocampo, Mexico
Two waterfalls flow down the cliff faces decorated with rare natural basalt columns.
Rincon de Parangueo, Mexico
A dark tunnel leads to a striking white crater that seems to be from another planet.
Munkedal, Sweden
Many historians today consider Sverre as Norway's greatest king of all time.
Yehliu, Taiwan
This Taiwanese promontory is covered in otherworldly hoodoo formations.
Avarız Köyü, Turkey
Brawny guys rolling around in oil is the oldest regular sporting event besides the Olympics.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
An eccentric dictator's take on a Turkmen version of Disneyland.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
A huge monument to a bizarre book written by Turkmenistan’s longstanding dictator.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Sumptous memorial to a controversial independence.