Peru
Q'eswachaka Rope Bridge
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
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Peru
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
Oslo, Norway
One thousand trees were planted in Norway to be used to print books a century from now.
Svalbard, Norway
This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This institution collects the history of burlesque dancing with a titillating collection of ephemera and pasties.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Flashy signs from Las Vegas’s past find their final resting place at this unusual graveyard.
Porangahau, New Zealand
Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauo tamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronuku pokaiwhenuakitanatahu.
Ashburton Lakes, New Zealand
Edoras, capital city of Rohan in Lord of the Rings, once sat atop this isolated New Zealand mountain.
Tirau, New Zealand
These two delightful animal-shaped buildings host a visitor center and wool shop.
Waipoua Forest, New Zealand
Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.
Valencia, Spain
This house's itty bitty size means no humans allowed.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A bronze statue on a downtown corner honors Minneapolis's favorite career gal.
Lanai City, Hawaii
The island of Lanai in Hawai'i is a paradise for cats and cat lovers.
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
New York, New York
A terrific purveyor of natural history objects and curios.
Paris, France
The recovered bones of martyrs slaughtered during The Terror are on display in this church crypt.
Klatovy, Czechia
These 17th-century mummies are no longer naturally preserved, but remain on display today.
Vienna, Austria
The crypt of the imposing Stephensdom holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.
Brno, Czechia
Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.
Rome, Italy
Jesus' footprints and the first catacombs in the world.
Rome, Italy
At the crypt of St. Mary of Eulogies and the Dead you are left alone to ponder mortality among piles of skulls.
Novara, Italy
This Italian pyramid is said to hold the mingled remains of the dead from both sides of the Battle of Novara.
Faro, Portugal
This small chapel is built of human bones and decorated with a golden skeleton.
Fleury-devant-Douaumont, France
This modern French ossuary contains the jumbled bones of 130,000 WWI soldiers.
Milan, Italy
An ossuary built in 1210 to collect bones from the Ospedale Maggiore of Milan.