Almaty, Kazakhstan
Big Almaty Lake
A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.
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Almaty, Kazakhstan
A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.
Karakol, Kyrgyzstan
Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.
Budapest, Hungary
This quaint Hungarian railway system is operated exclusively by children between the ages of 10 and 14.
Budapest, Hungary
The abandoned "Red Star Train Graveyard" is the final rusting place for precious artifacts of train history.
Budapest, Hungary
Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.
Budapest, Hungary
This Hungarian castle was built out of cardboard and wood until it proved so popular that it got upgraded to stone.
Budapest, Hungary
A trail of iron footwear stands as a monument to the thousands executed along this riverbank during WWII.
Hopewell, Virginia
For nearly a year, General Ulysses S. Grant was based here during the American Civil War.
Havana, Cuba
A bronze sculpture of Lenin’s likeness outside Havana surrounded by 12 human figures in solidarity with the Bolshevik Revolution.
Nags Head, North Carolina
This shifting North Carolina sand dune is an odd little desert surrounded by oceanic forest life.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
Kitakyushu, Japan
An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
London, England
London's creepiest cemetery was once the site of dueling magicians and mobs of stake-carrying vampire hunters.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Staunton, Virginia
A former mental hospital founded in the 1930s by a eugenicist who advocated for the forced sterilization of patients.
Afton, Virginia
A railroad tunnel that, upon its completion, was considered one of the engineering marvels of the modern world.
Barboursville, Virginia
The ruins of this Thomas-Jefferson-designed mansion have been left to crumble since the Christmas Day they burnt down.
Faber, Virginia
Take an otherworldly journey in a school dedicated to out-of-body experiences.
Buckingham, Virginia
The flower-shaped temple in Virginia aims to transcend the boundaries of the world’s religions.
Bellville, Texas
A medieval castle in the middle of rural Texas.
Kyoto, Japan
Twelve hundred stone carvings guard this off-the-beaten-path Buddhist temple.
Arcadia, Oklahoma
Along the historic Mother Road is an old gas station with a secret counterfeiting past.
Rwanda
After suggesting criminals be burned to death on this rock, a king's advisor suffered his own punishment.