Hòa Thắng, Vietnam
The White Sand Dunes of Vietnam
A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.
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Hòa Thắng, Vietnam
A desert in southeast Asia, complete with a beautiful lake covered in lotus flowers.
Chichibu, Japan
The birthplace of Japanese coinage.
Paris, France
The oldest continuously operating mint in the world that has been making coins since the 9th-century.
Segovia, Spain
The first mechanized factory in Spain is also one of the most significant mints in the history of money.
Dresden, Germany
The “Coin Cabinet of Dresden” houses a collection of over 300,000 numismatic artifacts, one of the largest of its kind in Europe.
Washington, D.C.
Coins and medals straight from the mint await visitors to this shop in the nation's capital.
New York, New York
Play heads or tails with thousands of different coins.
Lindrith, New Mexico
A rare memento of a lost Indigenous group.
Askifou, Greece
This collection of artifacts represents one family's mission to record the horrors of World War II inflicted on their hometown.
Brewarrina, Australia
These Aboriginal fish traps are among the oldest human constructions in the world.
Nida, Lithuania
An extensive collection of some of the oldest grave markers in Lithuania.
Kodër Spaç, Albania
This abandoned prison was so notorious that its name has become a metaphor throughout Albania.
Rijal Alma, Saudi Arabia
A 900-year-old village located in the highland of the Asir region that features historic architecture.
Kyoto, Japan
Established over a thousand years ago, this family-run teahouse continues to serve skewers of sweet rice cake to this day.
Glasgow, Scotland
In the depths of Glasgow Cathedral's crypt, one pillar stands out from all others.
North Berwick, Scotland
The one-time stronghold of the noble Douglas family, now home to ghost sightings and nesting birds.
London, England
Though it's not the largest, this one-kilometer outdoor market is reportedly the longest in Europe.
Oxford, England
Over a thousand musical instruments are on display, from bagpipes and harpsichords to drums and the sinuous serpent.
Seaham, England
For decades, a bottle factory dumped their waste into these waters—now it's considered the best sea glass beach in England.
Norton, England
A preserved 18th century steel factory.
Birmingham, England
An ancient woodland that inspired a young J.R.R. Tolkien.
Ludlow, England
Centuries of human activity have forged an eerie landscape of ruins and craters on an exposed and windswept hilltop.
Barrow-in-Furness, England
What was once England's second-richest abbey is now a haunting ruin.
Waterloo, England
Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.