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The tangled roots of a giant banyan tree have fully reclaimed the ruins of this abandoned warehouse.

This vast, pristine wilderness is home to a rare subspecies of black bear.

On this stunning Scottish island, you can walk in the footsteps of dinosaurs.

On this wooded path, a stained-glass window creates a spellbinding forest cathedral.

This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.

One of the figures in this Celtic sculpture continues to puzzle archaeologists.

A local museum honors the overlooked discoveries of Mary Anning, one of the first professional fossil hunters.

Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."

The ruins of an abandoned church loom within a picturesque Ukranian village.

This unusual rock looks like a giant, otherworldly mushroom sprouting atop a cave.

Balanced rock sculptures pay tribute to a murdered conservationist and his pioneer wife.

Witnessing the might of this dessert-colored desert waterfall is a rare, powerful treat.

This fascinating and poignant museum chronicles every imaginable aspect of Spanish colonialism in the Americas.

In one of America’s oldest mountain ranges, a long-awaited section of a scenic highway is now open to the public.

Dine on food tied to Viking history and legend at this subterranean Stockholm spot.

This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.

One of the world's largest collections of medieval religious art.

Drive past the giant fruit sculptures and up to the window for a menu of fruity treats.

Legend says train robbers stashed their gold within the depths of this unusual cave.

A 12,000-year-old bog boasting rare plants and fauna.

An outdoor installation of 20 vintage signs that once hung in front of businesses throughout town.

The oldest of the three remaining bridges in England with buildings on top of them.

This small city park is best known for the nightly convergence of thousands of shrieking parakeets.

The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.