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Buenos Aires, Argentina
Original Tomb of Tomás Guido
The humble tomb of an Argentine general, hand-built by his son using stones brought down from the Andes.
-34.5887, -58.3925
Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Tomb of Rufina Cambacérès
A beautiful young girl said to have been buried alive in her coffin…
-34.5883, -58.3924
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Floralis Generica
105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.
-34.5815, -58.3936
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Caminito
A bright little alley in La Boca is a part of tango history.
-34.6393, -58.3627
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Cementerio de la Recoleta
Buenos Aires' city of the dead contains some very famous remains, including Eva Perón.
-34.5886, -58.3925
Buenos Aires, Argentina
El Ateneo Grand Splendid
This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.
-34.5958, -58.3941
Foz do Iguaçu, Argentina
Iguazu Falls
A series of waterfalls so massive they straddle the border of Argentina and Brazil.
-25.6954, -54.4370
Ballintoy, Northern Ireland
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge
This short bridge is the only thing connecting a tiny Irish island to the mainland.
55.2362, -6.3440
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
Giant’s Causeway
Northern Ireland's Brobdingnagian stepping stones.
55.2417, -6.5112
County Antrim, Northern Ireland
The Dark Hedges
The atmospheric road was never meant to be so creepy.
55.1356, -6.3828
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Launch Site of the Titanic
A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.
54.6107, -5.9086
Copacabana, Bolivia
Iñaq Uyu (House of the Virgins of the Sun)
An ancient Incan convent on Lake Titicaca's Island of the Moon.
-16.0386, -69.0712
La Paz, Bolivia
Mi Teleférico
The soaring gondola lines form the longest aerial cable car system in the world.
-16.5383, -68.0871
Bolivia
Great Train Graveyard
On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.
-20.4816, -66.8380
La Paz, Bolivia
Bolivia's Witch Market
Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.
-16.4962, -68.1392
Daniel Campos, Bolivia
Uyuni Salt Flat
A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.
-20.1643, -67.5714
Rovaniemi, Finland
Santa's Hometown
This Finnish town on the Arctic Circle is trademarked as the Official Hometown of Santa Claus.
66.6655, 24.7130
Helsinki, Finland
Bad Bad Boy
This endearingly discomfited urinating statue commemorates the sneaky pees had by us all.
60.1559, 24.9207
Helsinki, Finland
Temppeliaukio Church
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
60.1730, 24.9250
Tallinn, Estonia
St Catherine's Passage
A medieval setting reimagined into a unique art alley.
59.4376, 24.7487
Tallinn, Estonia
Haunted Guest House
Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.
59.4368, 24.7425
Tallinn, Estonia
Linnahall
An empty relic of the Moscow Olympics crumbles away in Estonia's capital.
59.4467, 24.7535
Chobe, Botswana
African Quadripoint
There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.
-17.7917, 25.2633
Albertinia, South Africa
Tuinplaas - Tiny Town
A miniature park, fairy garden, milkshake bar, museum, and micronation in one.
-34.2117, 21.5990
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