Leiden, Netherlands
Leiden's Floating Christmas Market
A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.
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Leiden, Netherlands
A market built atop boats is one of the few floating holiday markets in Europe.
La Paz, Bolivia
Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.
Valencia, Spain
This amazing example of Valencian Art Nouveau looks more like a cathedral than a public market.
London, England
Behind one of the world's most impenetrable vaults is a massive collection of retail silver.
Lille, France
Tables of secondhand books fill the inner courtyard of this 17th-century stock exchange.
Montrichard Val de Cher, France
Miles of man-made caves and tunnels are currently used for cultivating mushrooms.
Saint Blazey, England
The largest greenhouse in the world is home to over one million types of plants.
London, England
The world's first underground farm is in a World War II bomb shelter beneath the streets of London.
Garenin, Scotland
Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.
Kangaroo Island Council, Australia
An island off the coast of South Australia is home to the last purebred Ligurian bees.
Palomar Mountain, California
A world-class observatory in the California desert.
Antarctica
At the point of oceanic inaccessibility, you can't get farther from dry land without leaving the planet.
Ocala, Florida
Visit these gentle, bell-bottomed, exquisite equines at the home of North America's first Gypsy Vanner horses.
Yelverton, England
The site of a mysterious pony massacre is rich with extraterrestrial conspiracy theories.
Berlin, Maryland
The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.
Corolla, North Carolina
One of the best places to see wild Colonial Spanish Mustangs in the United States.
Kildare, Ireland
See some of the world's greatest racing horses at this idyllic thoroughbred breeding facility and garden complex.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
London, England
A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.
Paris, France
A favorite Paris bar for U.S. expats, including Gershwin, Hemingway, and James Bond.
Fort Meade, Maryland
A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.
London, England
The canine-themed book collection claims to be Europe's largest dog library.
Marrakesh, Morocco
The largest cactus farm in Africa.