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Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.

A Swiss man built this airstrip for aliens because a UFO captain telepathically told him to.

Twelve plaster figures inspired by da Vinci's famed painting haunt the desert landscape above a real-life ghost town.

Nestled in an unassuming residential area, this "forbidden forest" is rumored to spirit away those who dare enter it.

The comedy and tragedy of Oscar Wilde is preserved in a Dublin park, captured in a sculpture of colorful stone.

This pilgrimage site was built to honor an incarnation of Buddha who sacrificed himself to save a tiger and her two cubs.

Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.

Sitting atop a rock on Michamvi Pingwe beach, this restaurant becomes its own island at high tide.

A menagerie of concrete animals brought together from across New York City's parks.

This often-missed monastery, set in a scenic mountain landscape, features unique frescoes, fortifications and legends.

The patron saint of cats founded this stunning Romanesque church in the 7th century.

This century-old site established by King Mwezi Gisabo preserves the art of Burundi's ancient drum rituals.

For millennia, explorers were obsessed with discovering the source of the Nile—is this small mountain stream really the answer?

Only reachable by boat, a small Tanzanian national park is home to the chimpanzees that Jane Goodall spent her career studying.

For the deepest sleep of your life, head 1,375 feet underground in Wales.

Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.

Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.

A precariously perched golden rock defies gravity and brings pilgrims from across Myanmar.

Victoria's largest salt lake is a favorite haunt for photographers and stargazers.

A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.

This church carved into the rocks is full of enchanting stone statues.

Hidden in magnificent rolling countryside, see what may be the largest modern stone circle in the world at Wisconsin's very own "Stonehenge”