Bonito, Brazil
Gruta Do Lago Azul (Blue Lake Grotto)
Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.
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Bonito, Brazil
Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.
Iporanga, Brazil
At 705 feet high, Brazil's "House of Stone" is the largest cave mouth in the world.
Swindon, England
England's only square-dimension hill horse was built to celebrate Queen Victoria's coronation.
Mumbai, India
Tucked in Mumbai’s wealthiest neighborhood is one of the city’s oldest and most sacred sites: a temple complex believed to house the waters of the Ganges.
Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia
After 11 years of reconstruction work, Slovakia's finest hilltop chapel complex is finally reopen to the public.
Moscow, Russia
The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.
Stará Bystrica, Slovakia
The world's newest astronomical clock is also its most accurate.
Bolivia
On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Crouch down, stretch tall, and be sure to flail your legs to pay homage to the Monty Python classic.
Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan
The abandoned tuberculosis sanatorium is said to be one of the most haunted places in Canada.
Windhoek, Namibia
A public display of prehistoric space rocks is named for the Namibian village where they were found.
Fairfield, Pennsylvania
The Cold War-era "underground Pentagon" is a sprawling subterranean hideaway for the Defense Department.
Jodhpur, India
Legend has it a commoner volunteered to be buried alive in the foundation so that the great fortress could be built.
Offaly, Ireland
The world's tallest box hedge is found in a delightful garden.
Maribor, Slovenia
The world's oldest grape-producing vine has survived four centuries of turmoil and even has its own anthem.
Antarctica
These passages carved from the Antarctic ice hold strange shrines to the harsh southernmost climes.
Truckee, California
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.
Alexandria, Virginia
The narrowest house in America is seven feet of pure spite.
Imlay, Nevada
The self-made house sculpture of an outsider artist who named himself "Chief Rolling Thunder."
Henderson, Nevada
Originally built as a promotional giveaway, this suburban house was designed to be an IRL version of the Simpson home.
Mexico
A lake at the bottom of the ocean.
Ohrdruf, Germany
Made from trees and then abandoned, this fence is still growing along a path in Germany.
Zanjān, Iran
Salt cured mummies continue to turn up in this Iranian mine.
New York, New York
This historic address is home to the beloved ball and is an almost totally empty building among the most expensive real estate in the world.