Provincia de Bongará, Peru
Gocta Waterfall
One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.
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Provincia de Bongará, Peru
One of the world's tallest waterfalls wasn't revealed to the world at large until 2006.
Provincia de Bongará, Peru
The world's fifth tallest waterfall is a spectacular silver chute of water that cuts through the cloud forest in northern Peru.
Leeds, England
This Victorian graveyard in Leeds is a macabre collection of beautiful tombs and memorials.
Lanham, Maryland
A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.
Badrshein, Egypt
This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.
Harvard, Nebraska
The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.
Ollantaytambo, Peru
Preserved Inca city and site of the last Inca stronghold against the Spanish conquistadors.
Old Station, California
Sunset-colored dunes of volcanic ash make taking a poor photo impossible.
Chicago, Illinois
A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.
Kumamoto, Japan
The iconic castle that withstood a magnitude 6.2 earthquake has become a symbol of resilience.
Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, France
The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.
Capbreton, France
Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.
St. Louis, Missouri
A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.
Ecuador
This research hub in the Amazon Rainforest is perched amid one of the world's most biologically diverse landscapes.
Midrand, South Africa
A giant concrete Brutalist water tower in suburban Johannesburg.
Pyongyang, North Korea
Captured in 1968, the Cold War spy ship is the only U.S. Navy vessel being held by a foreign government.
Lima, Peru
The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.
Lima, Peru
Visiting dignitaries and Hollywood stars once stayed at this 1920s hotel, alongside ghosts that are said to haunt its corridors.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.
Helotes, Texas
Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.
Roudbar Alamout, Iran
This ruined fortress was the stronghold for a persecuted medieval leader and his infamous Assassins.
Gavaragiriya, Sri Lanka
The remains of a 37,000-year-old prehistoric society were discovered in this mammoth cave, one of the largest in Asia.
Eldon, Iowa
Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.
Key West, Florida
Visitors are welcome to enter this lush Key West sanctuary to entertain its plethora of rescued parrots.