Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The Dubai Frame
The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The world's largest frame offers spectacular views of the city's past and present.
Whittier, Alaska
The ruins of a town wiped out by the second-largest earthquake in recorded history.
Duzluk, Croatia
Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.
Comunidad Challapampa, Bolivia
Mysterious Incan ruins on a tiny island in Lake Titicaca.
Vienna, Austria
Dine amidst exotic plants at this former royal greenhouse.
Choum, Mauritania
Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.
Madrid, Spain
The only urban monument in the world designed by the great surrealist painter Salvador Dalí.
Papantla, Mexico
The singular ruins of a mysterious lost city.
Prasat Sambour, Cambodia
More than 100 Hindu temples are slowly being swallowed by the forest.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Touching this 18th-century Scottish philosopher’s toe allegedly conjures good fortune.
Arc-et-Senans, France
The shape of this old salt factory complex was inspired by the course of the Sun.
Marovoay, Madagascar
The runoff from these fiery cliffs sends red water flowing into the sea.
Rome, Italy
This beautiful park on the outskirts of Rome protects the ruins of two colossal ancient aqueducts.
Buduruwagala, Sri Lanka
Seven beautiful 1,000-year-old rock-cut Buddhist statues.
Montreal, Québec
Every year, the colorful murals of Montreal get a complete makeover.
Tallinn, Estonia
A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.
Wilkieston, Scotland
Large-scale contemporary artworks tower over fields and lurk in forests around a Jacobean manor house.
Catcliffe, England
The oldest surviving glass furnace cone in Western Europe.
Gdańsk, Poland
This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.
Xcalacoop, Mexico
A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.
Marrakesh, Morocco
It took 40 years to build this Eden-like garden in Marrakech, later restored by Yves Saint-Laurent.
Narlai, India
Designed to serve primarily the Maharaja, this is an interesting variation on the traditional stepped well.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.
Atlanta, Georgia
The largest puppetry museum in the United States houses the world's most complete collection of Jim Henson artifacts.