Yemen
Hababah Water Cistern
A mesmerizing reservoir nestled at the heart of a pre-Islamic Yemeni village.
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Yemen
A mesmerizing reservoir nestled at the heart of a pre-Islamic Yemeni village.
Ōmihachiman-shi, Japan
A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.
Cork, Ireland
A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.
Blimbing, Indonesia
Bright Indonesian villages painted in a rainbow of competing color schemes.
Nižná Slaná, Slovakia
An abandoned 19th-century iron factory perched along the outskirts of an idyllic village.
Cairndow, Scotland
A rare permanent monument to the Scottish Travellers.
Ponce Inlet, Florida
One of the largest Native American shell middens stands 30 feet tall.
Jerusalem, Israel
The only quarter of the Old City not dedicated to a major world religion.
Bainbridge Island, Washington
This monument remembers the first Japanese Americans forcibly relocated during World War II.
Istanbul, Turkey
A small etching on the white marble parapet was written in runic script by a Viking mercenary.
Saryazd, Iran
This ancient fortress in Iran was once the oldest and largest treasury in the world.
Aviemore, Scotland
Britain's only herd of free-ranging reindeer.
Palermo, Italy
Why a column on the entrance is inscribed with a verse from the Quran is one of Sicily's many mysteries.
Kiryat Tiv'on, Israel
A sprawling ancient Jewish cemetery with over 30 rock-hewn burial caves.
Cantil, California
Salt is slowly eating away this abandoned saltworks town in the desert.
George Town, Malaysia
The oldest Jewish cemetery in Southeast Asia is a monument to a disappearing community.
Iceland
A little-visited waterfall in an otherworldly landscape.
Calgary, Alberta
This First Nations monument is a peaceful spot with vast views of the Calgary prairie.
Iran
The tower in this 1,000-year-old mud-brick village seems to vibrate for no apparent reason.
Slavutych, Ukraine
The last planned Soviet city was built for the former residents of Prypiat after the Chornobyl disaster.
Chamberlain, South Dakota
A striking sculpture built to honor the women of the Lakota and Dakota Nations.
Ōzora-chō, Japan
Japan's largest area of "pink moss" turns the hillside bright pink every spring.
Hokkaidō, Japan
This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.
Haines, Alaska
The cultural center preserves the history of the Tlingit tribe, who have lived in this Alaska village for more than 10,000 years.