Dambulla, Sri Lanka
Dambulla Royal Cave Temple
This ancient cave temple complex is the largest and best-preserved temple complex in Sri Lanka.
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Dambulla, Sri Lanka
This ancient cave temple complex is the largest and best-preserved temple complex in Sri Lanka.
Dikwella, Sri Lanka
To gaze upon the visage of Sri Lanka's biggest Buddha, one must first pass through the Tunnel of Hell.
Udawalawa, Sri Lanka
Huge herds of Asian elephants can be seen walking, bathing, and just chilling at this Sri Lankan park.
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.
Venice, Italy
This palatial spiral staircase was so unusual the name "snail" was given to the noble family who built it.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni GaudÃ's most classic buildings is well-known for its "dragon-back" design.
Couëron, France
The sunken structure looks like the victim of a catastrophic flood.
Nantes, France
Massive puppet-automaton machines created by French artist collective Machines de l’Ile.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.
Cahors, France
A 14th century bridge built as a fortress, where the devil lurks on one of its towers.
Albi, France
A medieval church with largest and oldest collection of Renaissance frescoes in France.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Cerne Abbas, England
Giant naked man on a hillside.
Lyme Regis, England
A local museum honors the overlooked discoveries of Mary Anning, one of the first professional fossil hunters.
North Chideock, England
These ancient sunken lanes were naturally tunneled into the soft ground by countless footsteps.
Milan, Italy
Milan's duomo is covered in beautiful carving including a curious "dinosaur-like" beast.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.
Blantyre, Scotland
The only statue ever crafted by award-winning animator Ray Harryhausen.
Dunmore, Scotland
Built in the 16th century, the tower is now in ruins.
Perth and Kinross, Scotland
Described by William Wordsworth as a "World of Wonder."
Harrogate, England
A dramatic sculpture high up in Yorkshire with vistas on an industrial scale.
Stoke-on-Trent, England
An open air haven for tropical monkeys in the damp moors of the English country.
Stretford, England
A rotating bridge that carries a little canal over a larger one.