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This unusual rock formation looks like an apple that has been neatly sliced in half.

This Roman amphitheater is said to be King Arthur's legendary Round Table.

Gnarled canopies of pink and purple wildflowers arch over the trail to the summit.

A glittering Thai Buddhist temple in suburban Pennsylvania.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.

An early work of the architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, these swimming pools blend into the beach.

Hidden in a grotto 26 feet below Nottingham's oldest hotel, this stylish subterranean drinking den is notoriously hard to find.

The flock of plastic poultry is an ode to the classic comedy staple.

This fairytale-like structure is the last turf church ever constructed in Iceland.

An abandoned Cold War missile radar site.

An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.

The world's first hotel built in an abandoned water-filled quarry.

In Hong Kong, a fairytale flower tunnel is hidden within the gardens of a public housing complex.

Under a glass sidewalk lie the remains of some of Manhattan's oldest buildings.

The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?

The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.

Happy harbor seals frolic and snooze on this warm, sandy stretch of coast.

New Zealand's west coast is one of the best places in the world to view these large seabirds.

Reproductions of nine banned oil paintings coyly hidden behind a curtain in a New Mexico conference room.

China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.