Boston, Massachusetts
Mapparium Globe
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
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Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Boston, Massachusetts
A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.
Boston, Massachusetts
This Boston medical museum features the skull of the famous medical case of Phineas Gage.
Scorțoasa, Romania
A muddy alien landscape that is home to rare species of exotic plants.
Municipiul Sebeș, Romania
Romania's "Red Ravine" is a little-known natural wonder that bears a resemblance to the Grand Canyon.
Chicago, Illinois
Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.
Hopewell Cape, New Brunswick
Iconic rock formations that allow for exploration during high or low tide.
Lusarat, Armenia
The most visited pilgrimage site in Armenia once held a saint in a pit for 13 years.
Garni, Armenia
A geological oddity topped with a 2,000-year-old pagan temple.
Goght, Armenia
This Armenian monastery was carved out of cliffs and named after the spear used to stab Jesus.
Tatev, Armenia
Centuries before the modern seismograph, Armenian monks measured quakes with this tilting pillar.
Yeghegnadzor, Armenia
Nestled in a peaceful valley, this Armenian monastery may have been saved from Mongols thanks to the eyes of God.
Vik, Iceland
Three columns of volcanic rock shoot out of the ocean.
Hamragarðar, Iceland
This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.
Iceland
Icelandic folklore says this giant boulder was ripped from the mountains and placed at its current location, where it became home to elves.
Skogar, Iceland
The oldest (maybe) swimming pool in Iceland is a stunning oasis built into the side of a lush hill.
Iceland
This wrecked airplane has been sitting on a black sand beach since the 1970s.
Grand Canyon Village, Arizona
A monument to the one-armed geologist who led the first documented expeditions through the Grand Canyon.
Moscow, Russia
World's largest bell sits on the grounds of the Kremlin in Moscow.
Moscow, Russia
This building holds the embalmed remains of the leader of the Bolshevik Revolution.
Lake Louise, Alberta
Take a hike to this remote, scenic tea stop in the Canadian Rockies.
Washington, D.C.
The walls of the iconic dome are hollow and have a secret stairway.
Nubia, Egypt
Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.
Bovec, Slovenia
A crumbling World War I fort that is reached through a series of concrete tunnels.