Great Gaddesden, England
Amaravati Buddhist Monastery
An oasis of calm, nestled in the English countryside.
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Great Gaddesden, England
An oasis of calm, nestled in the English countryside.
Madrid, Spain
An iconic and controversial ancient Iberian funerary urn with a hauntingly penetrating gaze.
Tampa, Florida
One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.
Marrakesh, Morocco
Deliberately hidden for centuries, the magnificent Saadian Tombs were eventually uncovered in 1917.
Timor-Leste
A haunting place that is now home to thousands of birds.
Montgomery, Alabama
Colloquially known as "the lynching memorial," this is the United States' first memorial to the victims of racial terror at home.
Mexico City, Mexico
A disquieting Aztec sculpture displays hundreds of stone skulls representing the victims of human sacrifice.
Lille, France
This triumphal arch celebrating the Sun King's conquest of Lille is a masterpiece of military architecture.
Mexico City, Mexico
A small pack of an ancient, hairless breed of dog once believed to guide souls through the underworld lives on its grounds.
Madrid, Spain
This lucky bronze frog was gifted to Madrid by a casino.
Malinalco, Mexico
These colonial murals are a fascinating hybrid of Spanish and Indigenous aesthetics.
Nativitas, Mexico
These strikingly colorful paintings were created by a mysterious Mesoamerican civilization.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This gorgeous space is England's largest independent library outside of London.
Detroit, Michigan
This sprawling bookstore spans four floors and has more than a million books in stock.
Niagara Falls, New York
Western New York's largest independent bookstore doubles as a historical repository of all things Niagara Falls.
Mexico City, Mexico
These spectacular, symbolic serpents lie within the shadow of the Great Temple.
Alnwick, England
This enormous secondhand bookstore inside a Victorian train station sparked the "Keep Calm and Carry On" craze.
Piton Sainte-Rose, Réunion
At the foot of an active volcano sits a church miraculously spared by its lava.
Crawick, Scotland
Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.
Sorrento, Italy
An Italian crevasse filled with abandoned buildings gives visitors a look at the world without humans.
Benson, Arizona
Hidden on a cattle ranch in Arizona, this bookstore has been celebrating Southwest literature for more than 40 years.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Near the former site of numerous witch burnings, this lavish Edinburgh mainstay pays homage to Scotland's brutal history.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
A beautiful geyser under environmental threat.