Vallorbe, Switzerland
Grottes de Vallorbe
Over 3km of caverns and caves at the Switzerland-France border contain the largest underground river in Central Europe.
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Vallorbe, Switzerland
Over 3km of caverns and caves at the Switzerland-France border contain the largest underground river in Central Europe.
Ecublens, Switzerland
The university library shaped like a giant piece of Swiss cheese.
Bourg-en-Lavaux, Switzerland
Swiss vineyards in a UNESCO heritage site.
Pringy, Switzerland
Watch cheese-flipping robots in action at this factory and museum.
Gruyères, Switzerland
The bizarre visions of H.R. Giger, tucked away in a Swiss medieval city.
Douglas, Arizona
Dozens of elaborate works of automotive art have been preserved at this Arizona museum.
Diani Beach, Kenya
Drink and dine in a coral cave that's at least 120,000 years old.
Brooklyn, New York
This museum dedicated to the history of the medical bone trade and human osteology.
Coconino County, Arizona
The Grand Canyon’s original airport, which once welcomed pilots like Amelia Earhart and Charles Lindbergh, lies abandoned.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This 17th-century street hidden beneath Edinburgh was once a breeding ground for the black death.
Pohang, South Korea
This 317-ton walkable art installation is an homage to Korea's "City of Steel."
Newchapel, Wales
This magical grotto is adorned with a complex pattern of native seashells, minerals, and fragments of colored glass.
Turda, Romania
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
Guatuso, Costa Rica
The translucent turquoise hue of these natural swimming pools comes from a high concentration of minerals.
La Fortuna, Costa Rica
The same water that fills a luxury resort’s pools feeds these free hot springs in the rainforest.
Cabuya, Costa Rica
There is a small island in the Gulf of Nicoya where the only human inhabitants are dead.
Jaco, Costa Rica
Once the foundation for a mansion, these ruins now offer amazing panoramic coastal views.
Costa Rica
This neon blue river gets its color from a unique mix of bacteria and volcano minerals.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Eyam, England
Eyam took steps to quarantine themselves and keep the plague from spreading.
Buffalo, New York
An unprepossessing stone marks the last resting place of one of the most accomplished Native Americans in history.
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Brno, Czechia
Mummified monks and the accidentally interred, in a 17th-century crypt.
Brno, Czechia
Europe's second largest ossuary wasn't discovered until 2001.