Perca, Italy
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These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.
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Perca, Italy
These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.
Madrid, Spain
Earth's rocky history has rarely glittered so brightly as it does in this Spanish museum.
Kawasaki, Japan
One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.
Port Jervis, New York
A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.
Costa Mesa, California
A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.
Anchorage, Alaska
A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.
Flagler Beach, Florida
The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.
Inn Wa, Myanmar
A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.
Chiang Mai, Thailand
This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.
Rilski manastir, Bulgaria
This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.
Olympia, Washington
The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Lakewood, Colorado
At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.
Altoona, Pennsylvania
Behold the rickety glory of one of the oldest roller coasters still standing.
Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.
Midway, Utah
This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.
Thule, Greenland
Neither bomb blasts nor heartbeats escape the giant ears of this super sci-fi Arctic outpost.
Nordkapp, Norway
At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.
Havana, Cuba
In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.
Manchester, England
Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.
Taunggyi, Myanmar
A vast, otherworldly collection of Buddhist stupas.
São Paulo, Brazil
Striking ruins of a mansion that stood center stage in one of modern Brazil's most puzzling crimes.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.
Claiborne County, Mississippi
An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.