Kobe, Japan
Maya Hotel
An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.
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Kobe, Japan
An abandoned Art Deco hotel nestled on the side of a wooded mountain.
Reading, Pennsylvania
A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.
Niagara Falls, New York
Learn about the last river many crossed to find freedom from slavery in the United States.
New York, New York
Established in 1937, the oldest candy shop in New York City boasts a rainbow-colored inventory that would make Willy Wonka envious.
Siyazan, Azerbaijan
Swirling layers of white and red rock earned these mountains their festive nickname.
Los Angeles, California
Come crisp December nights, this fairly plain neighborhood becomes a holiday dream world.
Nor Yungas, Bolivia
Death road of Bolivia.
Bolivia
Thousands of fossilized footprints speckle this Bolivian national park.
Gyeongju, South Korea
From mid-September to early November, dreamy fields of pink muhly grass spring up all over South Korea.
Dinoša, Montenegro
Water gushes from the trunk of this miraculous mulberry tree about once a year.
Vista Hermosa, Colombia
An explosion of natural color known as "the river that ran away from paradise."
Gigante, Colombia
The enormous appendage offers spectacular views of Colombia's Huila Department.
Anegada, British Virgin Islands
A mountain of conch shells created by centuries of fishermen.
Lyme Regis, England
A midnight snack that lights up the night.
Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands
A hidden tidal pool that transforms into a frothy natural jacuzzi.
St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands
A sharply wedged sundial marks the point at which each day in the United States begins.
Namibia
Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.
Namibia
Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.
Namibia
The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.
Windhoek, Namibia
Welded sphere dropped from space.
Saudi Arabia
These towering cliffs jut dramatically from the middle of a barren desert.
Victoria Falls, Zambia
The world's highest and most dangerous infinity pool lies at the precipice of Victoria Falls.
Maitland, Nova Scotia
The highest tides in the world come in and out here twice a day, allowing you to essentially walk along the ocean floor.
Yemen
The most alien-looking place on Earth.