Chandigarh, India
Nek Chand Saini’s Rock Garden
A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.
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Chandigarh, India
A palatial sculpture park was built illegally and in secret by a self-taught artist over 36 years.
Jaipur, India
More than half of this Indian palace is drowned but it looks all the more spectacular for it.
Abhaneri, India
Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.
Jaipur, India
The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.
Bonn, Germany
Thousands of flowers create enchanting pink tunnels over the city streets.
Averøy, Norway
A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.
Tromsø, Norway
The world's northernmost aquarium looks like it has fallen over.
Larvik, Norway
Norway's national monument to fallen seamen.
Stavanger, Norway
Norway's oldest cathedral still in use.
Luster, Norway
A stunning silver lining to global warming's gloomy cloud.
Istanbul, Turkey
A fountain standing as a testament to a doomed alliance.
Beijing, China
This Chinese museum proves that it's a watermelon world, we're all just living in it.
Berlin, Germany
A museum dedicated to a Cold War era sausage.
Middleton, Wisconsin
More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.
Logan, Ohio
It took more than 20 years and a sharp eye for one man to assemble this quirky collection.
Giessen, Germany
An homage to the humble watering can.
Abang, Indonesia
Sacred waters rescued from the wrath of a volcano.
Kuta Selatan, Indonesia
This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.
Baturiti, Indonesia
An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.
Magelang, Indonesia
This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.
Luján de Cuyo, Argentina
A brightly colored natural bridge formed by mineral-rich hot springs high up in the Andes.
Datong, China
A fifth-century temple improbably built into the side of a cliff.
Pramarzo, Italy
Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.
Turin, Italy
A fake medieval village in the middle of Turin.