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Atlanta, Georgia
Battle of Atlanta Cyclorama
The Battle of Atlanta in 360 degrees, featuring a corpse that bears a striking resemblance to Clark Gable.
33.8418, -84.3863
Atlanta, Georgia
Oakland Cemetery
Civil War soldiers, captains of industry, and paupers all interred on historic grounds.
33.7461, -84.3691
Bryce, Utah
Bryce Canyon
Giant, natural amphitheaters made of delicate geological formations called "hoodoos."
37.5968, -112.2085
Sedona, Arizona
Chapel of the Holy Cross
A spiritual vortex among the red rocks in Sedona.
34.8321, -111.7667
Baker, Nevada
The Bristlecone Pines of the Great Basin
The longest living non-clonal organisms on Earth.
39.0058, -114.2181
Prague, Czechia
Prague Astronomical Clock
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
50.0870, 14.4208
Wallachia, Romania
Poenari Castle
The legendary cliffside castle of three-time Voivode of Wallachia, Vlad the Impaler.
45.3538, 24.6352
Paris, France
Musée des Egouts (Paris Museum of Sewers)
The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.
48.8629, 2.3017
Paris, France
Catacombes de Paris
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
48.8343, 2.3322
Paris, France
Père Lachaise Cemetery
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
48.8594, 2.3910
Shanghai, China
Shanghai French Concession
An out-of-place slice of France, smack in the middle of Shanghai.
31.2096, 121.4693
Schwangau, Germany
Neuschwanstein Castle
The fairy tale castle of the “fairy-tale king,” this was also the inspiration for Disney’s “Sleeping Beauty.”
47.5574, 10.7495
Matmatat-Al-Qadimal, Tunisia
Hotel Sidi Driss
The original film set of Luke Skywalker's Tatooine home from the 'Star Wars' trilogy.
33.5458, 9.9685
Cairo, Egypt
Cairo’s Garbage City
Slum Settlement Filled With Mountains of Garbage.
30.0459, 31.2855
Chefchaouen, Morocco
Chefchaouen
Founded as a refugee camp, now a popular tourist spot.
35.1714, -5.2697
Essaouira, Morocco
Tide Pools of Essaouira
Vast stretch of tide-pools with a unique Moroccan charm.
31.5131, -9.7697
Casablanca, Morocco
Hassan II Mosque
An awe-inspiring mosque in Morocco with one of the tallest minarets in the world.
33.6078, -7.6328
San Francisco, California
Camera Obscura & Holograph Collection
A walk-in working camera obscura produces 360-degree live images of the San Francisco coast.
37.7783, -122.5142
San Francisco, California
Ruins of the Sutro Baths
The seawater playground of gilded-era San Francisco burned to the ground in 1966.
37.7799, -122.5137
San Francisco, California
San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers
Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.
37.7726, -122.4603
San Francisco, California
The Dore Vase
A masterpiece in Golden Gate Park by virtue of the artist’s debt.
37.7716, -122.4675
San Francisco, California
Japanese Tea Garden
Relics of the 1894 Midwinter Exposition continue to delight visitors today.
37.7702, -122.4702
San Francisco, California
Labyrinth at Land’s End
A winding path built in secret on the edge of the continent.
37.7881, -122.5058
Tartu, Estonia
Old Observatory in Tartu
First point in the Struve Geodetic Arc, a 19th century undertaking to measure the Earth's size and shape.
58.3788, 26.7202
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