Nariño, Colombia
Las Lajas Sanctuary
A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.
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Nariño, Colombia
A dangling church built over a Colombian gorge.
Zipaquira, Colombia
Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the Earth's surface.
El Peñol, Colombia
A 10 million-ton rock once worshiped by the Tahamies Indians, accessed by an astounding staircase.
Puerto Triunfo, Colombia
Former drug lord’s manor, now a theme park. Watch out for the hippos.
Peach Springs, Arizona
One of the largest, oldest, darkest, quietest motel rooms in the world.
San Francisco, California
Gold Rush-era tombstones line the park's paths.
Sleepy Hollow, New York
Oldest existing church in New York and the inspiration for Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Hidden beneath a bridge, this waterfall is known for the large amounts of graffiti painted on its base.
Chiusdino, Italy
This sword isn't waiting for a king to pull it out. It was placed there by a saint.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
New Haven, Connecticut
Yale University's home for rare works, including the mysterious Voynich Manuscript.
Saint George's, Grenada
A gallery of underwater art that can be visited by man and fish alike.
Lyon, France
A tiled, multi-level garden of survival in Lyon.
Lyon, France
For hundreds of years, automatons moving to metallic music have been marking the passage of time.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Ottrott, France
An ancient monastery, a locked room, and a mysterious book heist.
Predjama, Slovenia
Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.
Howes Cave, New York
Discovered by cows, these upstate New York show caves are presented with a healthy dose of psychedelic folk art.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This series of Scottish caves has no clear purpose other than baffling historians.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The world's first experimental nutritionist is memorialized as the "Hippocrates of naval medicine."
Roslin, Scotland
A church that bred legends, and served as an inspiration for the Da Vinci Code.
Flagstaff, Arizona
The artist James Turrell is repurposing an extinct volcano crater as an observatory to experience the cosmos.
Los Angeles, California
The private clubhouse for the members of the Academy of Magical Arts.