Dakar, Senegal
The Great Green Wall of Africa
Over 4,700 miles of trees being planted to hold back the desert.
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Dakar, Senegal
Over 4,700 miles of trees being planted to hold back the desert.
Istanbul, Turkey
The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.
Beijing, China
The world's longest outdoor escalator takes visitors to the top of China's largest dam and is also shaped like a dragon.
Datong, China
Explore this massive series of 45 caves and over 51,000 sculptures carved from cliffsides in China.
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Known as the Hintz House, this medieval pharmacy has been an apothecary's haven for nearly 450 years.
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."
Turda, Romania
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
Gwynedd, Wales
A miniature Italianate fantasy village on the coast of Wales and the set of ITC classic "The Prisoner."
Ruthin, Wales
This abandoned asylum in Wales might look haunted, but it's still beautiful.
Singapore
Two panes of the massive Cold War artifact are on display at the National University of Singapore.
Sochi, Russia
One of the notorious Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's many summer retreats.
Béccar, Argentina
A beautiful riverside mansion where the intellectual life of early-20th-century Argentina flourished.
Osaka, Japan
The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.
Katoomba, Australia
A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.
Orange Walk, Belize
These enigmatic ruins continue to vex archaeologists.
Rome, Italy
Hundreds of lucky felines haunt the ruins where Caesar was murdered.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
A tower devoted to — and modeled after — the Divine Comedy.
Hamburg, Germany
Wax models of disease and deformity are on display at this German medical museum.
Tianjin, China
China’s breathtaking futuristic library is lined floor to ceiling with fake books.
São Miguel, Portugal
When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.
Roatán, Honduras
This collection of historical artifacts and tropical wildlife waits just beneath the surface of the water.
Québec City, Québec
This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.
Uganda
Where the White Nile River dramatically cascades between Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert in Uganda.
New Delhi, India
This beautiful 16th-century necropolis marks an astonishing feat in heritage conservation.