Conneltown, Barbados
The Animal Flower Cave
Under the desolate and windswept northern coast of Barbados stands a small oasis filled with sea anemones.
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Conneltown, Barbados
Under the desolate and windswept northern coast of Barbados stands a small oasis filled with sea anemones.
Berlin, Germany
A wunderkammer of mysterious objects and stories.
Smartno, Slovenia
This building was recently restored to its original 1908 design, showing the old style of Russian summer houses.
Bath, England
These markers note British stars of both stage and screen.
Trogir, Croatia
This pedestrian bridge in Croatia is a sleek, ship-inspired design with a fun net and social spaces.
Alamada, Philippines
This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.
Tayma, Saudi Arabia
In the Arabian Desert, a surreal rock formation stands cut clean in half.
Culver, Oregon
Formerly secret, precariously perched boulders.
Paris, France
This charming cobbled backstreet is the most Instagramable street in Paris, much to the residents' annoyance.
Hitachinaka, Japan
Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.
Moscow, Russia
Moscow's other, lesser known kremlin is a fairytale-like cultural complex modeled after Old Russia.
London, England
A hidden path at the National Theatre lets you look behind the scenes of the latest productions.
New York, New York
There’s a secret bunker inside the Brooklyn Bridge, but the city won’t say where.
Annapurna Circuit, Nepal
Nepal's unclimbable sacred peak.
Atsugi, Japan
Open 24 hours, this self-serve sandwich spot specializes in egg salad sandwiches in a land that takes them very seriously.
Downpatrick, Northern Ireland
This 18th century mansion played Winterfell in Game of Thrones.
Chicago, Illinois
A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.
Madrid, Iowa
A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
For two weeks every June, fireflies in the Smoky Mountains perform an astonishing light show.
Bronx, New York
A riverfront park that both remediated and preserved its industrial past.
Hallstatt, Austria
The world's oldest known salt mine.
Hallstatt, Austria
An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.
Yemen
The most alien-looking place on Earth.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.