Shooshtar, Iran
Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System
This beautiful system of tunnels built into natural rock serves as a centuries old plumbing system.
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Shooshtar, Iran
This beautiful system of tunnels built into natural rock serves as a centuries old plumbing system.
Grünwald, Germany
This German version of Universal Studios holds a vault of treasures from the NeverEnding Story.
Paris, France
This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.
Laguna Beach, California
This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.
Mondsee, Austria
This skeleton-filled altar piece served as a backdrop to one of the most iconic scenes in "The Sound of Music."
Florence, Italy
This museum is rotten with a century of wax medical deformities.
Pyramiden, Norway
This abandoned mining village was predicted to resist decay longer than any other modern human settlement.
Boston, Massachusetts
An enormous, inside-out glass globe built in 1935.
Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.
Tahkuna, Estonia
Wars fought and wars won are remembered by these abandoned bunker ruins.
Diamer District, Pakistan
A place as enchanting as the journey to reach it is harrowing.
Birmingham, England
This historic abandoned train station looks like a stop for ghost trains.
Lima, Peru
The remains of what was the most important religious complex in coastal Peru for over a millennium.
Jordan
A bathhouse from the second Islamic Caliphate decorated with frescoes of constellations, pleasure gardens, and naked ladies.
Garfield County, Utah
Once a menacing challenge for trailblazers, this trail is now the most scenic drive in Utah.
Karmoy, Norway
A little Lady Liberty stands in the Norway town where the copper for the real thing came from.
Llano, California
The remnants of a failed socialist commune can still be found just off a California highway.
Mitaka, Japan
A magical place that lets you play in and explore the world of Studio Ghibli.
Stockholm, Sweden
The world's largest model of our planetary system.
Silver Spring, Maryland
An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.
Peebles, Scotland
This huge concrete map of Scotland was built as a thank you gift from a Polish soldier.
Cloquet, Minnesota
The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
If you’ve ever seen a picture of Machu Picchu, then you’ve seen a picture of Huayna Picchu—you just didn’t realize it.
Sandefjord, Norway
Europe's only museum solely dedicated to the history of whaling still has a fully-functioning whaling ship.