Chichen Itza, Mexico
Pyramid of Kukulcan at Chich'en Itza
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
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Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Kathmandu, Nepal
Sacred Buddhist home of some spiritual monkeys.
Ireland
Mortarless walls that stretch for miles are a lovely solution for creating grazing land in the harsh terrain of the Aran Islands.
Athens, Greece
This small 16th-century church in Athens is almost entirely surrounded by a modern building.
Xiva, Uzbekistan
Ancient barriers wrap around what was once an important stop along the Silk Road.
Kerry, Ireland
An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.
Shanghai, China
The once highest point in China blends symbolic design with a kick of adrenaline.
Hiroshima, Japan
Peace Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome.
Philippines
An island in the middle of a lake, in the middle of a volcano, in the middle of a bigger lake, in the middle of a bigger island, in an archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.
Taipei, Taiwan
Memorial to the father of the Republic of China.
Oslo, Norway
One man's exploration of the human form, including the bizarre and delightful "Man Attacked by Babies."
Rantepao, Indonesia
The unique funeral practices of the Toraja can be seen here with graves carved into caves and hung off cliffs.
Nepean Island, Australia
This tiny uninhabited islet off the coast of Norfolk Island was formed by blowing sand from nearby dunes.
Australia
This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.
Berriedale, Australia
This controversial museum includes such detested exhibits as a chocolate suicide bomber and fecal-smelling digestion machine.
Lord Howe Island, Australia
In a strange timezone anomaly, Daylight Saving Time here sets the clocks forward just 30 minutes.
Asbury Park, New Jersey
Marie told fortunes from her small stand on the Boardwalk for decades, including to a young Bruce Springsteen who would busk outside her booth.
La Paz, Bolivia
A black and white solution to the Bolivian city's traffic problems.
Tirana, Albania
An Albanian monument to the Communism that nearly crushed the country is now a crumbling wreck.
Woodland, Wisconsin
An unassuming house in Wisconsin hides a transient artist’s magnum opus.
Richland Center, Wisconsin
The only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed structure in the architect's hometown.
Tirana, Albania
What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?
Elbasan County, Albania
Hundreds of thousands of concrete bunkers crowd Albania long after the fall of Communism.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.