Aden, Yemen
Tower of Silence
The remains of a Zoroastrian temple that bore witness to a time when Aden was a flourishing trading hub.
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Aden, Yemen
The remains of a Zoroastrian temple that bore witness to a time when Aden was a flourishing trading hub.
Boom, Belgium
Take a leisurely walk through the park to find the seven giant troll sculptures hidden throughout the park.
Avezzano, Italy
This Roman underground canal was the longest tunnel ever built until the late 19th-century.
Toronto, Ontario
A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.
Freetown, Sierra Leone
A rehabilitation center for confiscated, orphaned, and abandoned chimpanzees.
Toguz Toro, Kyrgyzstan
These oldest of these "embroidered stones" were carved 4,000 years ago in a high mountain valley.
Loriga, Portugal
A glacial valley filled with silver beech trees in the mountains of Portugal.
Mantua, Italy
The remains of the last Gonzaga villa, a luxurious palace built in spite of an economic crisis.
Ta Pek, Thailand
This Khmer-era temple includes a lintel that was stolen and displayed at the Art Institute of Chicago for years before returning to Thailand.
Shiroishi, Japan
A town's namesake rock has served as a spiritual matchmaker for hundreds of years.
Athens, Greece
These caves secretly held national treasures during World War II.
São Bento do Canto, Portugal
This chapel is the site of a yearly pilgrimage that originated during the Middle Ages.
Columbus, New Mexico
This replica of the Indian spiritual master Meher Baba's tomb stands unfinished in the New Mexico desert.
Garderhouse, Scotland
The main feature of these gardens is a rarity in the northernmost part of Scotland: trees.
Stockholm, Sweden
A statue that stood at the center of a long copyright battle.
Essex, England
This crumbling coast and its teetering tower are literally filled with history, but they are also at great risk of becoming history themselves.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
The remains of a Dominican friary, once one of the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom.
Heysham, England
These ancient rock graves were featured on the cover of a Black Sabbath compilation album.
Daroca, Spain
This tunnel was built in order to protect the village of Daroca from flash floods during rainy seasons.
Breckenridge, Colorado
Above Breckenridge, a destructive mining technique sits sunken in a small pond.
Lorton, Virginia
This field of concrete was once an active defense site armed with nuclear warheads.
Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia
Alongside a scenic road are the remains of crumbling World War II gun emplacement.
Andong, South Korea
The largest and oldest brick pagoda in Korea.
Gurye-gun, South Korea
An unusual pagoda design in in the northwestern part of Hwaeomsa Temple.