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Three bridges and one giant canyon make up this fantastic Spanish settlement.

This geometric feat is a testament to the Incas' mesmerizing architectural abilities.

Raging waters have created a strange geological site that looks like something off of a progressive rock album cover.

These strikingly colorful paintings were created by a mysterious Mesoamerican civilization.

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

One of the American Southwest's most extensive collections of Navajo rock art.

The northernmost international land border crossing in the United States.

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

Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.

Large, airy hallways hide within an impenetrable fortress that beckons urban explorers.

A Texas cave network is home to some of the world's most spectacular-looking and bizarrely named mineral formations.

Its buzzing collection honors vibrator history.

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

From Coke II to Google Glass, this exhibit features some of the most spectacular commercial flops.

A magical work of architecture where a wind turbine enables monks to levitate.

A Franco-era dam flooded (almost) everyone out of this centuries-old Aragonese town.

A uniquely robust and historic look at Mexico's omnipresent dance with Death.

The largest natural travertine bridge in the world is nestled in a small canyon in central Arizona.

The walls and ceiling of this Polish church are decorated with thousands of skulls, with another 21,000 skeletons just below.

Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.

A church dedicated to the Mexican skeleton saint.