Mariehamn, Åland Islands
'The Stone That Returned Home'
One man's journey to return a stone to its point of origin after 200,000 years.
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Mariehamn, Åland Islands
One man's journey to return a stone to its point of origin after 200,000 years.
Doha, Qatar
Qatar's oldest market can trace its origins back more than a century.
Auliyeagash, Kazakhstan
Local lore says this 700-year-old tree has sacred and medicinal properties.
Karakol, Kyrgyzstan
Built entirely of interlocking pieces, construction of this Chinese Muslim house of worship required zero nails.
Istanbul, Turkey
This column celebrates Rome's victory over the Goths, and may be the oldest Roman monument in Istanbul.
Stockholm, Sweden
It is said that each of the white stones in the red facade of this medieval house represents the head of a murdered Swedish noble.
Mainz, Germany
While you wait to cross the street at a traffic light in Mainz, you might notice that the light is staring back at you.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
A bridge that has seen many reiterations over its lifetime.
Bruges, Belgium
You can spot this teeny tiny stained-glass window from the Bonifacius bridge.
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Luxembourg's most popular statue since 1923 has been missing for... 26 years!
Metz, France
A neo-gothic statue modeled on German Emperor Kaiser Wilhelm II, which had its distinctive mustache shaved off by Nazis in World War II.
Madrid, Spain
Madrid's romantically ornate crystal palace has been offering shelter to plants and art for over a century.
Lagoa, Portugal
Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.
New York, New York
The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.
Huallin, Peru
The highest tropical mountain range in the world is in Central Peru, home to a vast array of exotic and quirky plants and animals.
Sossusvlei, Namibia
This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
A 250-year-old timepiece-automaton adorned with golden mechanical birds, which still sing to this day.
Ruokolahti, Finland
Legend has this precariously placed rock was placed by giants. Science has another explanation.
Riga, Latvia
A stone marker and sculpture in the city of Riga stake a claim for the very first community Christmas tree.
Druskininkai, Lithuania
This striking structure is the Socialist-modernist centerpiece of a former Soviet spa resort.
Opole Lubelskie County, Poland
A monument to Poland's famous alleged UFO abduction case.
Billund, Denmark
An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.
Rummu, Estonia
The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.