Tambon Chiang Haeo, Thailand
Red Lotus Lake
Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.
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Tambon Chiang Haeo, Thailand
Stunning wetlands ablaze with pink lotus flowers.
Chiang Rai, Thailand
A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.
Paju, South Korea
Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.
Panjin Shi, China
A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.
Hitachinaka, Japan
Every autumn, this hillside is ablaze with red summer cypress.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Kinderdijk, Netherlands
Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.
Marazion, England
A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Ardales, Spain
Spanning the El Chorro gorge, this pathway used to be one of the most dangerous crossings in the world.
Nervesa della Battaglia, Italy
Hidden in an Italian forest is a completely homemade amusement park that has taken a lifetime to create.
Rome, Italy
A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.
Lohmen, Germany
Ruins of a German castle on top of a towering stone pillar.
Gablenz, Germany
This jaw-dropping 19th-century bridge uses its reflection to form what appears to be a perfect circle.
Përmet District, Albania
A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.
Golubac, Serbia
This 14th century castle withstood years of battle but is now sliding off the hills into the Danube.
Komiža, Croatia
An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.
Denizli, Turkey
Roman ruins top white travertine terraces formed by ancient hot springs.
Zakinthos, Greece
Hidden in a secluded Greek cove is a pristine beach marred only by the rusting smuggler's hulk stranded on its shores.
Rummu, Estonia
The ruins of an Estonian prison are drowning in the quarry lake where the convicts were once forced to work.
Hrabušice, Slovakia
Climb around the high waterfalls on series of iron ladders and bridges within the wildest gorge in the Slovak Paradise.
Bran, Romania
The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."
Oravský Podzámok, Slovakia
The 700-year-old fortress was the site of Count Orlok's castle in "Nosferatu."
Prypiat, Ukraine
The ghost town left by the worst nuclear disaster of all time is being taken over by nature and urban explorers.