Rome, Italy
Servian Wall at McDonald's
Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.
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Rome, Italy
Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.
Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany
This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.
Obergoms VS, Switzerland
A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.
Australia
This pair of Australian "waterfalls" appear to be falling straight across the land.
Naples, Italy
A rococo room covered entirely in porcelain originally constructed for another royal residence.
Soja, Japan
A rare example of an ancient Japanese hill castle believed to be the fortress of a legendary demon.
Paris, France
Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."
Antarctica
Natural time capsule containing an alien ecosystem.
Australia
One of the only places where Earth’s mantle lies above water.
Island Park, Idaho
A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.
Takasaki, Japan
A trio of keyhole-shaped burial mounds restored to their ancient glory.
Zhangjiajie, China
The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”
Zipaquira, Colombia
Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the Earth's surface.
Guatavita, Colombia
The entire town looks like a slice of Spain that was carted across the ocean and plunked in the Andes.
Nemocón, Colombia
Colorful lights and mirror-like brine pools create trippy illusions within the historic mine.
Tocancipá, Colombia
A little known Colombian theme park of giant curiosities.
Lviv, Ukraine
Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.
Elberton, Georgia
A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.
Russia
The Uyghur settlement in the middle of a lake continues to raise questions.
Predjama, Slovenia
Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.
Hearne, Texas
This one-woman cemetery was a small civil rights victory.
Cambridge, Maryland
This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.
Greensboro, North Carolina
This North Carolina store preserves a historic moment in America's movement for racial equality.
Iceland
This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.