Ajanta, India
Ajanta Caves
Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.
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Ajanta, India
Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.
Cynghordy, Wales
One family's environment-friendly hobbit-house in Wales.
Muscat, Oman
This bazaar is one of the oldest in the Arabian world.
San Pablo City, Philippines
An eatery in a shallow river where diners can enjoy their meal mere feet from the base of an artificial waterfall.
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
A huge communist-era propaganda monument and mural that offers stunning views of the Mongolian capital.
Mexico City, Mexico
66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.
Zhangjiajie, China
A total of 999 stairs lead visitors through a massive hole in a mountain known as the Gateway to Heaven.
Canfranc, Spain
Abandoned Nazi train station turned underground astroparticle laboratory.
Worms, Germany
The oldest Jewish cemetery in Europe survived Hitler's Germany.
Alamosa, Colorado
When ecosystems collide in the arid Southwest.
Tristan da Cunha
The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.
Anaheim, California
The hidden jewel of Disneyland: a members only playground for the Disney elite.
Carnac, France
Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.
Théoule-sur-Mer, France
Avant garde house of Pierre Cardin on the Cote d’Azur.
Casablanca, Morocco
An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
A symbol of Islam in oil-rich Brunei.
Nice, France
This massive blockhead sculpture hides an entire library.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.
Dresden, Germany
Silent memorial, using bone conduction to take people back to the Dresden Bombing of 1945.
Samarra, Iraq
9th century Abbasid mosque, damaged in modern warfare.
Evionnaz, Switzerland
World's largest permanent maze made of 18,000 conifers.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Whitewashed mosque contains the world's largest carpet.
Hegra, Saudi Arabia
More than 100 monumental tombs carved into rock are preserved at this ancient Nabataean site in the Arabian Desert.
Bremen, Germany
Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.