Municipiul Sebeș, Romania
Râpa Roșie
Romania's "Red Ravine" is a little-known natural wonder that bears a resemblance to the Grand Canyon.
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Municipiul Sebeș, Romania
Romania's "Red Ravine" is a little-known natural wonder that bears a resemblance to the Grand Canyon.
Sutter, California
Rising out of miles of farmland, these buttes are sometimes called the world's smallest mountain range.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Xul Solar was an artist of alternate worlds, inventor of languages, and dreamer of utopias.
Poggioreale, Italy
This entire town moved to a safe location after it was devastated by an earthquake, but the remains of the original town are still around.
Al Haouz, Morocco
The remains of a magnificent medieval fortress that was the capital of a vast empire.
Iceland
Eerie ruins of an abandoned medieval fishing village crumble atop an unforgiving stretch of earth.
Hillsboro, Oregon
A midcentury ranch house hides a literal treasure trove of unique rocks and minerals.
Lima, Peru
A small, emotionally charged room inside the Mario Testino Museum dedicated to Princess Diana and one famous photo shoot.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Its vintage camera collection gives a snapshot of the past as viewed through a photographic lens.
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Church built on the site where the last tsar of Russia and his family were killed.
Yekaterinburg, Russia
It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.
Washington, D.C.
A hoard of sky catalogs, astrophysical journals, even the works of Galileo and Copernicus.
London, England
The lab where the scientist made his groundbreaking discoveries is preserved on the basement floor of the Faraday Museum.
Boston, Massachusetts
The massive machine creates cracking displays of indoor lightning.
Hackensack, New Jersey
A World War II-era submarine is stuck in the mud in New Jersey.
Slavonski Brod, Croatia
This abandoned Croatian stronghold never saw a great deal of conflict but it is still a beloved relic nonetheless.
Gruyères, Switzerland
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Yangzhou Shi, China
Mirrored floors and arched shelves create the illusion of an infinite tunnel of books.
London, England
The majority of the museum's large collection is held in a storage space open to the public a few times a year.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This gorgeous reading room houses the oldest and largest art history library in the Netherlands.
Colmar, France
This unusual piece of Renaissance art depicting the bodily horror of crucifixion and skin disease may have been inspired by fungus-induced hallucinations.
Memphis, Tennessee
The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.