Tromsø, Norway
Siste Skanse
The world's most charming instant portrait studio also happens to be its smallest.
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Tromsø, Norway
The world's most charming instant portrait studio also happens to be its smallest.
Palermo, Italy
This triumphal 16th-century arched gateway leads to the oldest street in Palermo.
Riga, Latvia
Latvia's symbolic mountain-shaped national library is home to millions of cultural tomes.
Film City, Qatar
A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.
Calatafimi, Italy
This amazingly preserved Doric temple was abandoned before it was ever completed.
Cardiff, Wales
The castle still holds traces of the abandoned Roman fort it was built atop.
Zagreb, Croatia
This former estate of a fascist leader is now a burnt out ruin leading to a system of secret tunnels.
Wellington, New Zealand
New Zealand's only running funicular railway.
Melbourne, Australia
A colorful street named for the legendary Australian rock band.
Long Beach, California
The awe-inspiring ship from the golden era of cruising has an incomparable history and a reputation as one of the world’s most haunted places.
Bordoy, Faroe Islands
Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.
Oyndarfjørður, Faroe Islands
Two massive boulders, rocking back and forth with the ebbing of the sea.
Gasadalur Village, Faroe Islands
This remote island village was in danger of depopulating completely until a tunnel was built to connect it to the rest of the world .
Faroe Islands
The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.
Stuttgart, Germany
Remnants of a cone-shaped Nazi bomb shelter.
Stuttgart, Germany
An old slaughterhouse now holds the largest collection of pig artifacts.
Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Esch-sur-Sûre, Luxembourg
Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.
Beidweiler, Luxembourg
This tri-part waterfall is a little bit of fairytale beauty in the heart of Luxembourg's Little Switzerland.
Berdorf, Luxembourg
This Luxembourg cave is covered in cryptic looking marks left by mining activity.
Trier, Germany
The last bastion of Roman presence north of the Alps looms over a German town.
Copenhagen, Denmark
A little-known cafe in an old copper bridge tower with 360-degree views of the harbor.
Los Angeles, California
This quirky UFO-shaped curiosity is often mistaken for the airport’s control tower.
Split, Croatia
A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.