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The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.

Twice a year, visitors can tour the desolate site that birthed the Atomic Age.

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

The Hungarian biochemist whose research helped develop mRNA-based vaccines for Covid-19.

Synagogue built from the stones of Solomon's temple contains the golem of Prague.

This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

An unusual slot canyon in the Aztec/Navajo Sandstone has a cross-section like an inverted old-fashioned keyhole.

Inside this Krakow church, an explosion of psychedelic color.

This remote Colorado canyon is home to the second-largest collection of natural arches in the world.

Nine of the very few concrete ships ever made in the U.S. are beautifully decaying off a Virginia pier.

In the foothills of the lesser Caucasus, a centuries-old fortress still stands.

This 880-acre facility is home to a massive collection of vintage motorcycles and cars, as well as a 2.38-mile race course.

With a floor made of thick glass, this observation deck offers a full view of Sunwapta Valley's mountains and rivers.

A hidden slot canyon in the southern Nevada desert makes an unexpected oasis and scenic hike.

A strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen.

This massive complex is made up of hundreds of smaller temples that date back to the ninth century.

This once-popular otherworldly landscape was formed by one of the largest volcanic eruptions in history.

A faux desert landscape in the middle of the jungle that sprouts oases during the rainy season.

An abandoned monastery sits on a far-off island in the Adriatic Sea.

A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.

Cool down and fill up after visiting Teotihuacán at this bar and restaurant in a deep, underground cave.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.