Stavanger, Norway
Sverd I Fjell
Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.
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Stavanger, Norway
Monuments don't get much more metal than these three giant viking swords planted in a Nordic hill.
Pont-en-Royans, France
These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.
Delos, Greece
Giant marble phalluses on the sacred island of antiquity.
Cascais, Portugal
A unique seaside cave where Aleister Crowley faked his own death.
Castlewellan, Northern Ireland
A peace symbol in Northern Ireland is among the world's largest hedge mazes.
Mitta Mitta, Australia
The largest collection of medicinal plants in Australia is also home to a witch who will show you how to use them.
Puno, Peru
The Uros people live on floating reed islands in lake Titicaca.
Great Missenden, England
This magical museum celebrates the life and work of a seminal children's book writer (and occasional spy).
Haarlem, Netherlands
The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.
Spanish Fork, Utah
Despite sitting firmly in the global cradle of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, this Hare Krishna temple is host to one of the largest color festivals outside India.
Homewood, Alabama
Every last book in this bookstore is signed by the author.
Cartersville, Georgia
These ancient ritual mounds are our best window into the culture of the ancient Mississippians.
Belpasso, Italy
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
Kawasaki, Japan
A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.
Aomori, Japan
The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.
Berlin, Germany
Floating swimming pool within a moored vessel.
Nazca, Peru
Plundered and left asunder by grave robbers, this ancient necropolis has been painstakingly pieced back together.
Dunino, Scotland
A site of pagan worship which still attracts people looking for fairies.
Hyden, Australia
This gracefully curving formation looks like a massive wave that was suddenly turned to stone.
Utrecht, Netherlands
This Netherlands museum holds a gloriously mechanical collection of ornate musical automata.
Oakland, California
A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.
Mexico City, Mexico
66,000 pieces of art, donated by one of the world's richest men.
Brussels, Belgium
Three floors of musical instruments coming from all corners of the world and hundreds of years of musical history.
Bangkok, Thailand
The headquarters of the Mahanikai school of Buddhism, Thailand's largest monastic order.