Narlai, India
Narlai Stepwell
Designed to serve primarily the Maharaja, this is an interesting variation on the traditional stepped well.
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Narlai, India
Designed to serve primarily the Maharaja, this is an interesting variation on the traditional stepped well.
Tokyo, Japan
Haunted house kitsch meets Japanese folklore at this theme bar where patrons can “die” and have their own mock funeral.
Soriano nel Cimino, Italy
This ancient altar emerges from the thick forests to reveal the mysteries of Etruscan sacrificial rituals.
Soriano nel Cimino, Italy
A fascinating assortment of cave dwellings, medieval ruins, and sarcophagi are being devoured by the forest.
Mexico
Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.
Soriano nel Cimino, Italy
Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini fell in love with this lonely 13th-century tower while making his most famous film.
Goseck, Germany
A Neolithic celestial calendar standing in a nondescript wheat field.
Wallace, Idaho
A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.
Stockholm, Sweden
Eat a Nobel banquet from any year in the basement of Stockholm's City Hall.
Sheffield, England
This old Victorian bathhouse is fed by an ancient spring.
Guatemala
One of the world's largest pyramids stands within El Mirador, the "lost city of the Maya."
Stockholm, Sweden
This legendary dessert was served to Nobel laureates for decades.
Xuzhou, China
These tiny statues form a terracotta army from China's Han dynasty.
Tamajón, Spain
Whimsical sculptures and caves chiseled by nature over the millennia.
Toba-shi, Japan
Huts like this were once a hub for the female divers who collected pearls and seafood off Japan's coasts.
Madrid, Spain
An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.
Imler, Pennsylvania
It marks the spooky spot where the bodies of two young boys were found in the 19th century.
Odawara, Japan
Coast along one of Japan’s mountain railways for coveted views of magnificent hydrangeas.
Malinalco, Mexico
The ruins of a former sanctuary for elite Aztec warriors.
Yangon, Myanmar
An eerie abandoned gentlemen's club built for British officials during the colonial era.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.
Mexico City, Mexico
A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.
Nativitas, Mexico
These strikingly colorful paintings were created by a mysterious Mesoamerican civilization.
Retorbido, Italy
These four fountains are said to have healing properties, with a glass of the 'miracle' water being given to Louis XII of France.