Waitomo, New Zealand
Waitomo Glowworm Caves
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
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Waitomo, New Zealand
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The sounds of the world's largest fully functioning pipe organ dazzle shoppers at a Philadelphia Macy's.
Istanbul, Turkey
A meow-velous tribute to a beloved street cat, made famous on the internet.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Barcelona, Spain
Step inside the first house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, considered to be one of the first Art Nouveau buildings.
Nashtifan, Iran
The vertical-axis windmills of ancient Persia have been grinding flour for 1,000 years and counting.
Syracuse, New York
A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.
Billund, Denmark
An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.
Cheltenham, England
Deep in the countryside lie the remains of one of the grandest Roman dwellings in Britain.
Osijek, Croatia
A tribute to an iconic act of defiance from the Croatian War of Independence involving a small car.
Iceland
A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.
Dublin, Ireland
An 80-year-old plane tree is devouring an iron bench at Ireland's oldest law school.
Edinburgh, Scotland
The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
A metal ring in the middle of the road marks the exact spot where the Soviet satellite crash-landed in 1962.
Slope Point, New Zealand
The most southerly spot on New Zealand's South Island is home to surreally shaped, permanently mangled trees.
Sillamäe, Estonia
This Soviet-era "closed town" was a top secret uranium producer often left off of maps.
Pāhoa, Hawaii
Watch the newest land on the planet form before your eyes.
Naalehu, Hawaii
A beach made of semi-precious green sand on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.
Naalehu, Hawaii
The southernmost point in the United States is a beautiful place to look at but a deadly place to wade in.
Hilo, Hawaii
Hide from the tourist hordes in these relatively unknown, and unguarded lava caves.
Hawaii
This black shoreline is made up of exploded lava particles.
Anacapri, Italy
The glowing blue Nymphaeum of Emperor Tiberius.
Kilauea, Hawaii
A once-glowing grotto at the bottom of Waikapalae Wet Cave.
Hilo, Hawaii
Earth's tallest volcano is sacred to Native Hawaiians, and home to a dozen world-class observatories.