Niger
Dabous Giraffes
These ancient giraffes are the largest known animal petroglyphs in the world.
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Niger
These ancient giraffes are the largest known animal petroglyphs in the world.
Newport, Rhode Island
This Rhode Island mansion was a stand-in for the exteriors of Collinwood in the original "Dark Shadows" series.
Tallinn, Estonia
Disused seaplane hangar gets a second life as the jaw-dropping home of Estonia's museum of maritime history.
Ramla, Israel
You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.
Vienna, Austria
Apartment complexes built into huge repurposed natural gas tanks.
Mellieħa, Malta
An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.
Paris, France
This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.
San Diego, California
L. Frank Baum wrote part of the "Wizard of Oz" series in this wooden Victorian beach resort.
Avalon, California
A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.
Hilo, Hawaii
This legendary urban waterfall creates a dazzling display of rainbows.
Auckland, New Zealand
The platform atop this verdant volcano was built with the help of a royal elephant.
Juneau, Alaska
A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
Yuncheng, China
Rainbow-hued in the summer and crystalline in the winter, this salty lake has inspired battles, temples, and plenty of awe.
Newport Beach, California
Fourteen curious and controversial white bunnies sit in a circle near Newport Beach City Hall.
Bovey, Minnesota
A futuristic climate change study is nestled deep within this public land.
Taxco, Mexico
This "cursed house" features secret rooms, hidden vaults, and dark escape tunnels.
Ávila, Spain
These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Guatemala
A ruined Maya city that suffered a years-long case of mistaken identity.
Lake Placid, Florida
Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.
Irkutsk, Russia
Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.
Nottingham, England
An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.
Topola, Serbia
The interior of this Serbian royal family's mausoleum is covered with exquisite mosaics.
Brooklyn, New York
Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.