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The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

Houses are tucked between, on, and underneath giant boulders.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

A Parisian cemetery where the elite and artistic are interred beneath an eccentric collection of tombs.

Open-air museum with an elaborate sculpture garden, stretching for over 70,000 square-meters.

A half-mile long and three stories high, this bridge over the Des Moines River Valley mimics a descent into a mine shaft.

A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.

This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.

Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.

Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.

1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.

An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.

New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.

This Buddhist temple is home to the graves of the Japanese national legends, the 47 Ronin.

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.

This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.

Renaissance villa and gardens complete with a tormented colossus.

This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.

The middle finger of modernity.

Despite the ever pressing encroachment of urban sprawl this grand New Orleans manse still stands.

One of the tallest buildings in Iceland, and perhaps, the most visually impressive.

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.

Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.

A mechanized clock where a man fights off a dragon, crab, and rooster.