Köneürgench, Turkmenistan
Turabek-Khanum Mausoleum
A beautiful mausoleum is the crown jewel of a preserved ancient city in Central Asia.
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Köneürgench, Turkmenistan
A beautiful mausoleum is the crown jewel of a preserved ancient city in Central Asia.
Khaybar, Saudi Arabia
Prehistoric humans once used this sprawling lava tube network in the Saudi Arabian desert as shelter.
Plouarzel, France
This might be the world’s tallest Bronze Age standing stone.
Lakewood, Ohio
An oddities shop with incredible permanent displays on top of its collection of purchasable curiosities.
Dublin, Ireland
A two-storey cabinet of wonders filled with the bizarre, the macabre, and the downright uncanny.
Rome, Italy
A square-domed symbol of resilience in the heart of the old Jewish Ghetto.
London, England
The (fictional) address of Sweeney Todd's bloody barbershop.
Portland, Oregon
The largest mausoleum on the West Coast, with over seven miles of corridors, perched on a riverside bluff.
Hong Kong
A Hakka walled village preserved as it was in the 19th century.
Doagh Beg, Ireland
An incredible natural formation along the Wild Atlantic Way.
Fairview, Utah
One of the most intact and well-preserved skeletons of a mammoth in the world is displayed in a tiny Utah town.
Serra Negra, Brazil
Retro-futuristic contraptions made from recycled materials near a Brazilian resort town.
Brooklyn, New York
This outdoor gallery of graffiti-covered walls pays homage to the past, present, and possible future of street art.
Brooklyn, New York
Coney Island’s last surviving haunted ride.
Èze, France
Hilltop garden on the site of an old fortress overlooking the Mediterranean Sea.
Hong Kong
The largest aviary in Southeast Asia is a green haven in the heart of the city.
San Sebastián, Spain
The forest hides a cemetery where members of the British Legion rest in peace.
München, Germany
An abandoned construction pit in Munich that turned into an accidental urban lake.
Fez, Morocco
A stunning palace haunted by the sinister reputation of its infamous owners.
Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
Pugs with antlers are found all over the city as a homage to one of its most famous cartoonists.
Ayer Itam, Malaysia
This Buddhist temple on the island of Penang is one of the largest in Southeast Asia.
Lyttelton, New Zealand
An uninhabited island in a New Zealand harbor with dozens of scuttled vessels.
Fire Island, New York
A rare forest habitat nestled behind two sand dunes.
Ayia Napa, Cyprus
A Flintstones-themed eatery in the heart of Ayia Napa’s party strip.