Bylakuppe, India
Bylakuppe
The world's largest Tibetan refugee settlement.
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Bylakuppe, India
The world's largest Tibetan refugee settlement.
Palakkad, India
Bold contestants slide in a rice paddy behind two charging bulls.
Rochor, Sri Lanka
Once thought to be the Garden of Eden it holds a holy footprint claimed to belong to Adam, Buddha and Shiva.
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka
An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.
Ascension Island
Remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem.
Bou Craa, Morocco
This record setting conveyor belt system can even be seen from space.
Newfoundland and Labrador
Hundreds of enormous icebergs drift through this waterway every year.
Cincinnati, Ohio
Hidden on two floors of downtown building, the library has an incredible deal on rent.
Rogers, Kentucky
Explore the flooded remains of a limestone mine in Kentucky.
New York, New York
Unique antiquarian shop specializing in globes, maps, and prints.
Rome, Italy
Legend has it that this bronze orb, which sat atop an ancient Egyptian obelisk, once held the ashes of Julius Caesar.
New York, New York
Spinning silently in the lobby of an Art Deco masterwork is a massive vintage model of the Earth.
Wellesley, Massachusetts
A massive rotating globe sits at the center of Babson Park.
Vienna, Austria
Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.
New York, New York
A prized globe signed by Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh sits in the Brooklyn office of the American Geographical Society.
Paris, France
Two awe-inspiring globes from the reign of the Sun King hang from the ceiling of France's national library.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Ottawa, Ontario
A rare venue to buy specialty maps.
Istanbul, Turkey
1513 Turkish world map, full of European state secrets and snarky commentary.
Peebles, Scotland
This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.
Madrid, Spain
The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.
Florence, Italy
Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.
Nampa, Idaho
A petroglyph map of the upper Snake River carved by prehistoric hunter-gatherers.
Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania
An otherwise quiet campground becomes a bustling medieval town for two weeks every year.