Jaca, Spain
Monastery of San Juan de la Peña
This religious complex carved into a cliff is steeped in legends of miraculous stags and the Holy Grail.
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Jaca, Spain
This religious complex carved into a cliff is steeped in legends of miraculous stags and the Holy Grail.
Toronto, Ontario
Willy Wonka would love this weird half-a-home.
Tchirozérine, Niger
The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A Borgesian work of art that may blur the line between fiction and reality a little too convincingly.
Rikaze Diqu, Tibet
The highest monastery in the world operates a tiny guesthouse with doors open to all.
Brazil
An abandoned stretch of elevated road in the middle of the Brazilian jungle.
Apia, Samoa
The world is full of swimming holes, but few compare to Samoa’s idyllic To Sua ocean trench.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Celebrate the history of the rich and truly misunderstood relationship between man and pigeon.
Kiruna, Sweden
The world's first ice hotel is still one of the most elaborate and beautiful.
Boudry, Switzerland
This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.
Hitachiōmiya-shi, Japan
The world's largest radiation field is probably our best bet for irradiated vegetable superheroes.
Kuta Selatan, Indonesia
This Balinese sea temple is thought to be guarded by the hundreds of monkeys that live around it.
Mono County, California
This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.
Tokyo, Japan
Meet the world's longest tapeworm in a collection that really gets under your skin.
Ketrzyn, Poland
This Nazi ruin was the site where Hitler was almost blown up by a suitcase bomb.
Queens, New York
Two New York rooftops are home to the largest rooftop soil farms in the world.
Urbana, Illinois
The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.
Louisville, Kentucky
This railroad overpass is said to be home to a murderous goat-man whose very legend has led to very real deaths.
Keraniganj, Bangladesh
The shipyards along the outskirts of the Bangladesh capital are a flurry dangerous boat breaking and rebuilding.
Jackson, New Hampshire
This 150 foot seven-tiered cascading waterfall is one of the hidden gems of the White Mountains.
New Taipei City, Taiwan
Once a prosperous mining village, this tiny Taiwanese town is now overrun with cute cats.
Jacksonville, Florida
Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Where unreadable addresses are read, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Demre, Turkey
A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.