Dubrovnik, Croatia
Orlando's Column in Dubrovnik
An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.
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Dubrovnik, Croatia
An ancient knight and a symbol of the city's freedom.
Split, Croatia
Split's smallest church, and one of its oldest, has been reconstructed inside the city's Roman walls.
Athens, Greece
Heralded as the world's first theater, these ruins are often overlooked as they reside in the shadows of the Acropolis.
Bruges, Belgium
Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
London, England
This London pub hides a peculiar secret: a recreation of the rooms shared at 221b Baker Street by Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.
Iceland
This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.
Dawson City, Yukon
A skeletal collection of former nautical mainstays.
Inuvik Region, Northwest Territories
Natural earth mounds formed in the far north.
Dawson City, Yukon
A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Rapid City, South Dakota
One of America's first dinosaur parks gives a window into Depression-era paleontology.
Coolidge, Arizona
Some of the tallest ancient American ruins continue to inspire awe and curiosity.
Paris, France
A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.
Paris, France
The curious underground history of keeping Paris clean.
Washington, D.C.
Bar full of oddities, specimens, artifacts and homages to the great dime museums of the past.
Sligo, Ireland
This 30-foot pile of rocks may be the grave of a mythological Irish queen.
Delices, Dominica
This mountaintop lake bubbles and steams in a perpetual boil, thanks to its direct link to the Earth's interior.
Belize
Sparkling, calcite-covered skeletons of children who may have been sacrificed to appease an angry god.
Reykjavik, Iceland
An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
Iceland
Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.
Iceland
The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.
Grindavík, Iceland
Medicinal spa created from the mineral-rich runoff of a geothermal power plant