Hegra, Saudi Arabia
Qasr al-Farid
An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.
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Hegra, Saudi Arabia
An unfinished tomb carved into a giant boulder in the Arabian Desert.
Port Antonio, Jamaica
The legend associated with these ruins understates the splendor of the mansion that once stood here.
Tustin, California
This enormous World War II relic is one of the largest wooden structures in the world.
Kantubek, Uzbekistan
Former island in the Aral Sea used to be a top-secret Russian bio-weapons facility.
Acteal, Mexico
A 26-foot tall roadside concrete pillar recalls a yet-unresolved 1997 political massacre.
Vilnius, Lithuania
This micro-nation may be some sort of prank, but its constitution sure seems official.
Bodhgaya, India
Siddhartha Gautama sat here and received enlightenment.
San José del Torreón, Mexico
Built 1,500 years ago, this abandoned Mesoamerican city is surrounded by a natural wall made of outstanding rock formations.
Antwerp, Belgium
This former guildhall with a bacon-like exterior is now home to a museum covering 600 years of Antwerp's musical history.
Bhaktapur, Nepal
The former stronghold of the Malla Dynasty has remained virtually unchanged since the 17th century.
Denver, Colorado
This modern antique shop is a museum for 1980's Saturday morning cartoon culture.
Groningen, Netherlands
Preserving the research tools, unexpected inventions, and odd collections of generations of college professors.
Bells Bridge, Australia
A museum in rural Queensland wrongly claims that dinosaur fossils possess evidence that the earth is only 10,000 years old.
San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
This old ruin once served as a post office, a train station, a restaurant, and a bridge to the Atomic Age.
Reading, England
This display showcases the culinary equivalent of steel-toe boots during World War I.
Derby, England
6000-year-old site covered in more than 50 megaliths.
Baltimore, Maryland
Baltimore's first skyscraper may be home to the inspiration behind pulp fiction's most celebrated bird.
Lorton, Virginia
A weathered, American Foursquare-style house originally built for lumber merchant William Wimsatt.
Shankharapur, Nepal
The spot where Parvati convinced Shiva to marry her, has become a pilgrimage site for married and unmarried women.