Zarcero, Costa Rica
Parque Francisco Alvarado
This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.
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Zarcero, Costa Rica
This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.
West Glacier, Montana
Spectacular views await visitors to this lake.
Iceland
The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.
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.
New York, New York
The feral felines of Roosevelt Island have a small army of allies and an abandoned hospital all to themselves.
Alamogordo, New Mexico
Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Giant busts of 42 U.S. presidents sit, crumbling in a field in Virginia.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Berlin, Germany
A whimsical and twisted animatronic monster tour beneath the streets of Berlin.
Yerevan, Armenia
Despite producing just a handful of movies, a brave and lyrical filmmaker has an entire museum dedicated to him.
Indianapolis, Indiana
This library and museum is dedicated to the life and literature of the Indianapolis native author.
San Francisco, California
Carnivorous plants, medieval aphrodisiacs, and the largest original wood structure glass conservatory in the western hemisphere.
Los Angeles, California
America's most famous piece of self-built architecture.
Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania
An impressive ensemble of sculptures that survived the Soviet regime.
Brumadinho, Brazil
The largest open-air contemporary art center in South America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.
Guiyang, China
It took an artist 20 years to create this sprawling sculpture garden honoring the area's ancient inhabitants.
Slope Point, New Zealand
The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.
Makarau, New Zealand
A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.
Shiraz, Iran
Mirrors and glass shards cover every inch of this arrestingly beautiful mosque.
Shiraz, Iran
A spectacular rainbow of stained glass makes the "Pink Mosque" one of the most beautiful in Iran.
Turda, Romania
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
Chiang Rai, Thailand
A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.
Kerry, Ireland
Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.
Namibia
The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.