Phonsavan, Laos
Plain of Jars
Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.
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Phonsavan, Laos
Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.
Phonsavan, Laos
Eat a meal surrounded by bomb fragments.
Pak Ou, Laos
Thousands of effigies of Buddha watch from caves set high above a legendary river, plus whiskey.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's oldest animated sign is still lighting up the skyline today.
Stockholm, Sweden
This homeless brass fox tugs at your heartstrings from the foot of a Stockholm bridge.
Stockholm, Sweden
Now a hotel, this former bank was the site of a robbery that spawned a psychological phenomenon.
Leshan, China
This Tang Dynasty behemoth is the biggest Buddha in the world.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
A 125-meter long "tribute to the Brazilian people."
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Eduardo Kobra’s breathtaking 32,300-square-foot graffiti wall took over Rio’s Olympic Boulevard.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.
São Paulo, Brazil
The pedestrian traffic signals in Brazil's teeming metropolis light up with clues to nearby landmarks.
São Paulo, Brazil
A huge boat-shaped hotel with a blood red pool and other oddities.
São Paulo, Brazil
One of São Paulo's tight urban intersections has become a haven for graffiti artists ever since a single Batman started the trend.
San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador
An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.
Banos, Ecuador
A swing to dangle you off the very edge.
Kunming, China
270 million year-old forest of stone.
Iquitos, Peru
The forgotten tomb of the Peruvian rubber baron who was the inspiration for Werner Herzog's epic film "Fitzcarraldo."
Pisco, Peru
The mysterious "Candelabra of the Andes" could represent anything from a god's trident to a hallucinogenic plant.
Cusco, Peru
Did Inca children also slide down these smooth rocky slopes above Cusco?
Cusco, Peru
Death rituals and sacrifice inside a Peruvian megalith.
Maras, Peru
This Peruvian canyon is filled with geometric salt pools that have been being harvested since the Incan empire.
Cusco, Peru
The stones of this Incan wall complex fit together so well you couldn't fit a piece of paper between some of them.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.
Urubamba, Peru
Huge stone depressions which may have acted as an Incan agricultural experiment.