Sorrento, Italy
Valle dei Mulini (Valley of the Mills)
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
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Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Fethiye, Turkey
These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.
Hamragarðar, Iceland
This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.
Whitsundays, Australia
A small, but award-winning beach known for its literally spotless reputation.
The Caves, Australia
A wonder of natural limestone formations etched by millions of years of natural interaction between rainfall and rock and air.
Ventnor, Australia
An unphotographable nightly march of tens of thousands of "fairy penguins" from sea to shore.
Putty, Australia
Once the path of a railway tunnel, now home to thousands of glowing insects.
Glenelg, Australia
Arcade chock-full of old timey, whimsical, hand-cranked automata and peepshows.
Coober Pedy, Australia
This eccentric cave dwelling is bizarre even by the standards of a subterranean town.
Coober Pedy, Australia
An opal mining town in the middle of Australia where people live, worship, and shop underground.
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Royal National Park, Australia
A sparkling sandstone cliffside that's worth a visit while it still exists.
Beaufort, Luxembourg
This noble mash-up in eastern Luxembourg is part Medieval, part Renaissance, all castle.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."
Paris, France
A horde of stray cats rule in this secluded Parisian cemetery under a bridge.
Paris, France
Hidden away in a modern library are the remains of one of the 18th century's most celebrated wunderkammers.
Paris, France
A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.
Paris, France
One of the oldest medical collections in Europe focusing on rare surgical instruments.
Paris, France
A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.
Paris, France
Notorious artist squat renovated into legal studios.
Kaatsheuvel, Netherlands
This fairy tale forest hides scenes from some of the more obscure and bizarre Western nursery stories.
Genappe, Belgium
A magical and peaceful ruined Cistercian abbey in what is now southern Belgium.
Halle, Belgium
Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.
Brussels, Belgium
Medical history with an amazing, if frighting, collection of wax diseases on display.