Barbados
Harrison's Cave
This popular tourist cave was ignored for almost 200 years before being mined into an attraction.
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Barbados
This popular tourist cave was ignored for almost 200 years before being mined into an attraction.
Xiulin Township, Taiwan
A waterfall runs right through the middle of this Taiwanese shrine to the hundreds of workers killed while building a nearby highway.
La Paz, Bolivia
Bolivia's needle-like rock formations.
La Paz, Bolivia
Popular tourist destination where witches in dark hats sell dried llama fetuses for good luck.
Paju, South Korea
Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.
Honolulu, Hawaii
The only royal palace on U.S. soil has been a territorial capitol, a military headquarters, and a prison for a queen.
Oradour-sur-Glane, France
This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.
Iceland
This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.
Rapa Nui, Chile
The world's most remote airport.
Punta Arenas, Chile
The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.
Naypyitaw, Myanmar
A deserted 20-lane highway runs through Myanmar's empty capital city.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
London, England
Catacombs turned marketplace.
London, England
A hands-off space for graffiti artists to hone and display their skills.
London, England
London's smallest police station is barely the size of a phone booth.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Los Angeles, California
There are lots of hands and feet stamped in the cement in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theater, but Mel left behind something extra.
Guía, Spain
Hundreds of caves once used to store grains and animal feed.
Laconia, Greece
The historic tower houses of this nearly abandoned Greek town have been compared to the spikes on an iguana's back.
Belpasso, Italy
The world's most active stratovolcano is almost always erupting.
Realmonte, Italy
"Stairs of the Turks", a chalky white cliff eroded conveniently into stairs, allowing for easy pillaging.
Sopot, Poland
This fairytale inspired, warped building houses restaurants, shops, and a radio station.
Krakow, Poland
Real bones which are said to have belonged to a Polish dragon.
Kalabaka, Greece
Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.