Monsanto, Portugal
Necropolis of São Miguel
A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."
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Monsanto, Portugal
A windswept necropolis carved into the rocks overlooks the "most Portuguese town in Portugal."
Portugal
An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.
Birmingham, Alabama
This fountain was commissioned by a mother grieving over her son's passing.
Childersburg, Alabama
Since it formed millions of years ago, this cave system has been a sacred burial ground, a Prohibition-era speakeasy, and the center of an amusement park.
Wetumpka, Alabama
One of almost 200 confirmed impact craters in the entire world, untouched for tens of millions of years.
Elberta, Alabama
Come for the boats, stay to explore the intriguing assortment of art.
Montevallo, Alabama
Orr Park's dead trees have been carved into a menagerie of whimsical visages.
Tuscumbia, Alabama
You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.
Haleyville, Alabama
148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.
Fackler, Alabama
This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.
Millbrook, Alabama
The remains of an idyllic small town built for the film 'Big Fish' still stand around a rundown main street.
Boa Vista, Cabo Verde
This ship carrying cargo and four church bells for the Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida ran aground in 1968.
Isle of Man
The remains of the wrecked steam trawler can be found on the beach at low tide.
Mechernich, Germany
This German art chapel is perfect for those who like their worship hard, modern, and utterly alien.
Berlin, Germany
This futuristic German spa allows visitors to float in a pool of salt water while zoning out to underwater techno.
Sögel, Germany
There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.
Lahnstein, Germany
Centuries of warfare, tragedy, executions, and poetry come together in this 13th-century fortress.
Achères-la-Forêt, France
A village of art and exotic creations.
Maincy, France
This stunning French estate was so lavish that it landed its original owner in jail for the rest of his life.
Montrichard Val de Cher, France
Miles of man-made caves and tunnels are currently used for cultivating mushrooms.
Amboise, France
The great Italian Renaissance painter was laid to rest here in the Chapel of Saint-Hubert.
Tours, France
This museum preserves over-the-top masterpieces that once qualified artisans for membership into a medieval guild.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
One woman's decades-long obsession with the "La Fée Verte."
Chevilly-Larue, France
Walk through spectacular aisles of hanging meat and wagon wheel–sized cheese at the world's largest wholesale food market.