Bucharest, Romania
Cărturești Carusel Bookstore
This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.
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Bucharest, Romania
This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.
Itaewon-ro, South Korea
Home to more than 13,000 pieces of war memorabilia and military equipment.
Seoul, South Korea
This ancient Corinthian helmet is South Korea’s only national treasure of Western origin.
Đồng Văn, Vietnam
This striking landscape in northern Vietnam contains both geological and archaeological wonders.
Budapest, Hungary
Also known as Uncle Karl, the beloved bronze copper keeps a watchful eye on St. Stephen’s Basilica while people rub his lucky belly.
Budapest, Hungary
Once the home of a hermetic monk, this cave now houses a small church.
Sibiu, Romania
Something's watching you.
Poznań, Poland
An abandoned football stadium with a tragic past.
Kula, Hawaii
A series of waterfalls and pools that flow through the 'Ohe'o Gulch and into the ocean.
Belize
Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.
Carmel Hamlet, New York
The largest Buddha statue in the Western Hemisphere is just 50 miles north of NYC.
Lahaina, Hawaii
Take shelter from Hawai'i's tropical heat under the massive canopy of largest Banyan tree on the island.
New York, New York
The original toys that inspired the beloved children's stories are on display at the New York Public Library.
New York, New York
One of only two commuter aerial tramways in the United States.
Hana, Hawaii
A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.
Ithaca, New York
In upstate New York, gorgeous waterfalls and a watermill are slowly being reclaimed by nature.
Newcomb, New York
An old abandoned mining town in The Adirondacks where Theodore Roosevelt first learned of the shooting of President William McKinley.
Weeki Wachee, Florida
Welcome to old Florida, where a 1940s mermaid show is still enchanting visitors.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Zarcero, Costa Rica
This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.
Howes Cave, New York
Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.
Schroon Lake, New York
This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground
Brooklyn, New York
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.
New York, New York
A crumbling hospital from the 1850s on Roosevelt Island.