Amsterdam, Netherlands
Paternoster Lift
This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
This unusual elevator doesn’t stop or slow down.
Venus, Florida
The futuristic test model of an iconoclastic visionary who wanted to redesign the world.
Naples, Italy
This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.
London, England
A little slice of Japan and its aesthetics in London's Holland Park.
Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts
This candy-colored storybook village originated as a 19th-century Methodist campground.
Masua, Italy
This cliff-face port is considered a masterpiece of mining engineering.
Mexico City, Mexico
This hotel is an amazing example of the Escuela Tapatía de Arquitectura movement.
Karpacz, Poland
This fairytale medieval church in Poland originally spent centuries in Norway.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
When flour explodes, it's not a pretty sight.
Ramhormoz, Iran
Leaking natural gas never stops burning on this hill, making it an infinite inferno.
Yazd, Iran
Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.
Nushabad, Iran
A 1,500-year-old, 3-story subterranean city where ancient Persians took refuge in times of war.
Meybod, Iran
Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.
Roudbar Alamout, Iran
This ruined fortress was the stronghold for a persecuted medieval leader and his infamous Assassins.
Shiraz, Iran
A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.
Shiraz, Iran
Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.
Fars Province, Iran
The palace of the King of Kings, burned by Alexander the Great.
New Orleans, Louisiana
According to one local tradition, the entrance to the Voodoo underworld can be found in New Orleans through seven gates scattered throughout the city's French Quarter.
Beijing, China
An ancient Chinese temple where even the emperor dressed like a farmer in the name of the harvest.
Vista Hermosa, Colombia
An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."
Newark, California
From the sky, a kaleidoscope of color brightens the grey landscape of the San Francisco Bay.
Qujing, China
A canvas of crops grow from vibrant red soil in this terraced farmland.
Chichicastenango, Guatemala
One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.
Tokyo, Japan
Every color in the rainbow awaits.