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The floor of this spectacular Baroque sanctuary is covered in memento mori.

An abandoned mine pit is now a beautiful, colorful attraction.

This synagogue is the only place of worship for New Delhi’s small Jewish community.

Obscured within a ring of trees, this abandoned World War II relic hides on a German hillside.

This “living museum” at UCLA exhibits thousands of plant species from all over the world.

Extremely famous in his native country, this Cracovian painter is all but unknown beyond Polish borders.

The god of wine stares out at passersby on this busy Pittsburgh thoroughfare.

Like a kitschy mirage in the Mojave, this eatery serves up classic 50s-style diner meals and a dinosaur sculpture garden.

A 16th-century footpath said to be haunted by a young girl that died trapped within its misshapen old house.

In a sleepy village in Oxfordshire, the visionary English writer's gravesite attracts a yearly pilgrimage.

A dream-like maze full of strange art, surreal spaces, and fantasy landscapes to get lost in.

This 8th-century Bavarian monastery is home to an exquisite Baroque-era library.

This enormous, elaborate tomb looks oddly out of place next to a suburban Edinburgh bowling club.

Dance on a hand-hewn log floor padded with bouncy boxcar springs at a saloon built in 1883.

An oasis of shade and color amidst the bustle of the old city.

This landmark Victorian folly rewards visitors with spectacular views over the Peak District.

A mountain path passes by several sprawling enclosures home to a pair of rescued brown bears.

These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.

An underexplored, 130-foot tropical waterfall that you will have all to yourself.

Bioluminescence in the reefs of the Maldives causes the sea to glow like a starry night sky.

The striking and little-touristed ruins of an ancient city destroyed and rebuilt by the Aztecs.

Home of the first female Hungarian poet, where her secret writing lay hidden for over a century.

A stunning Victorian abbey and walled garden on a lakefront.

The debris forms a solemn memorial to those who died in a 1963 accident.