These elusive, isolated rodents evolved into a distinct, locally iconic subspecies.

The ritual has been performed uninterrupted for nearly 700 years.

At the time of its completion, it was the tallest dam in the world.

Hike the unusual hoodoos and rock formations that form this little-known natural wonder.

A stone pillar commemorates the surrender of the extraordinary Apache leader.

The Cycladic architecture makes this Athens neighborhood feel like an island paradise hidden in the shadow of the Acropolis.

Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.

More than 21,000 images fill this overlooked gem of a prehistoric site.

A natural formation that resembles a camel resting in the New Mexico desert.

This bewitching Babylonian goddess haunts a hallway of the British Museum.

This bridge was constructed from the rubble of the infamous Bastille.

One of corporate America's best-kept secrets is also one of the most publicly displayed.

The video game-themed street art first popped up in the French city.

This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.

Ireland's most remarkable collection of these curious cone-shaped houses is worth the buzz.

A hugely vast Irish landscape of barren rock that stretches for miles.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

An ancient neolithic tomb that only sees the sun twice a year.

Remains of the artificial harbours invented for the Allied invasion of Normandy can still be seen at sea.

This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.

A former Latvian headquarters of the brutal KGB secret police is now open as a grim reminder of their atrocities.

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.

This enigmatic artifact remained buried in a churchyard for years.

A vast and unlikely aviation museum kept alive for over 50 years due to one man's tenacity.