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This brilliant display of whirling fireballs celebrates Hogmanay.

Enormous sandstone towers loom within a Czech forest.

This mountain is one of the largest in Scotland but is better known for its hollow insides.

One of the world’s largest cave systems houses legends, concerts, and wondrous rock formations alike.

This modern, multimedia museum takes visitors on an evolutionary journey back in time.

This concrete amphitheater offers an unforgettable view of one of Mexico's most beautiful canyons.

A rare surviving Victorian greenhouse designed specifically to house giant water lilies.

Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.

The graveyard displays the colonial Mexican and Caribbean architectural fusion that defines this city.

This 15th-century church houses priceless works of art from a range of Croatian artists.

An array of ancient artifacts from Bronze Age Bristol and other civilizations are housed in this museum.

The historic building has preserved human organs, unusual hexagrams, and scars from a political assassination.

The bridge is a secret gallery of discarded gum that has been transformed into miniature masterpieces.

This 12th-century house is one of the oldest continuously inhabited houses in Britain.

Discover the past, present, and future of packaging in this unique Japanese museum.

This hill nestled in the Scottish lowlands was a ritual site for over 4,000 years.

This abandoned church in central Lyon is missing its front stairs.

This fairytale-looking castle is a wonderful example of Greek neo-Gothic architecture

This aromatherapy shop and mini-museum cofounded by the Sigur Rós frontman documents Icelandic history through scents.

A magnificent menagerie of oddities, including taxidermy cryptids.

It’s said this crypt was the setting for the tragic finale of the Shakespeare play.

The ruins of an ancient mansion sits in front of and underneath a contemporary art gallery.

Its collection highlights the monumental tasks undertaken to map Queensland.

For centuries, this large Roman villa remained hidden thanks to the eruption that buried nearby Pompeii and Herculaneum.