Hinterbrühl, Austria
Seegrotte
This series of underground chambers contains Europe's largest subterranean lake that is slowly drained each day.
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Hinterbrühl, Austria
This series of underground chambers contains Europe's largest subterranean lake that is slowly drained each day.
Cameron Highlands, Malaysia
The largest tea plantation in Southeast Asia supplies gorgeous vistas alongside tea for the surrounding countries.
Brussels, Belgium
This collection of over 50 murals celebrates Brussels' rich history as the self-proclaimed home of the "comic strip."
Kato Kastania, Greece
This remarkable cave was discovered after a shepherd watched bees enter and exit through a small fissure.
Munich, Germany
Golden cobblestones remember a time when this small alley was used to avoid having to give a Nazi salute.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Europe's largest supercomputers is housed inside of a disused chapel.
Zugarramurdi, Spain
This Navarrese cave's history of witchcraft and pagan ritual is not just embraced, but recreated each year.
Walnut Creek, California
This mountaintop beacon is only lit three times a year but shines like some kind of all-seeing eye.
Kilkenny, Ireland
The oldest inn in Kilkenny was established by the first convicted witch in Ireland.
Neuchâtel, Switzerland
These magnificent 240-year-old machines are considered distant ancestors of the computer.
Carhué, Argentina
Once swallowed by flood waters, this village has emerged as an eerie shadow of its former self.
New York, New York
This New York holdover was built to provide housing for shopgirls and still does not allow men above the lobby.
Montgomery, Alabama
The former home of the hard partying literary power couple is now one of the only museums devoted to their story.
Giethoorn, Netherlands
This small town in the Netherlands has no roads but instead, miles of canals and over 100 bridges.
Königswinter, Germany
This temple to the sturm and drang of Richard Wagner contains a dragon's cave and reptile zoo full of living "dragons."
Wales
This lonely cast-iron structure is the only wave-washed lighthouse of its kind left in all of Britain.
Coleford, England
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
Pontarfynach, Wales
Three bridges straddle a stream, one stacked upon the other.
Hereford, England
The largest known medieval map of the world.
Klosterneuburg, Austria
This outsider art house has gone from clinical creation to astounding artwork.
Naalehu, Hawaii
A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.
Philippines
An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.
Amlwch, Wales
The remains of centuries of copper mining appear like an alien landscape.
Enontekiö, Finland
This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.