Meyrin, Switzerland
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Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.
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Meyrin, Switzerland
Home of the Large Hadron Collider and the birthplace of the World Wide Web.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Ennetbürgen, Switzerland
The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.
Eaglehawk Neck, Australia
This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.
Chitina, Alaska
The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.
Dawson City, Yukon
A famed drink seasoned with an amputated toe, now on its tenth digit.
George Town, Cayman Islands
There is one corporation registered for every three square feet of space in this inconspicuous office building.
Claiborne County, Mississippi
An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.
Manazan, Turkey
Naturally protected city carved from a rock face.
Denizli, Turkey
Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.
Toronto, Ontario
A botanically themed auditorium blooms within the world’s last operating double-decker theater.
Ross, North Dakota
The oldest still-existing mosque in the United States sits in a remote prairie in North Dakota.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Enjoy a slice while browsing the world's largest collection of pizza memorabilia.
Edgard, Louisiana
The first plantation museum in the United States to focus on the lives of enslaved people.
Lisbon, Portugal
This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”
Holywood, Scotland
A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.
Fethiye, Turkey
These tombs were built into the side of a mountain so that ancient angels could reach the dead.
Bloomington, Indiana
Tucked away in the forests of Indiana resides an abandoned waterslide that is now a popular graffiti haunt.
Çanakkale, Turkey
This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
It's easy to see why this eclectic architectural wonder has been dubbed the "Spaceship House."
Iten, Kenya
The Kenyan town where the best distance runners in the world are trained.
Brasília, Brazil
Brasilia's oldest newsstand is sheltered by a wish-granting tunnel-tree.
Cottanello, Italy
When occupying Nazi troops detonated a mine below, medieval frescoes were revealed in this small cliff-side hermitage.
Marrakesh, Morocco
The largest madrasa in Morocco once housed more than 900 students within its exquisite walls.