Franklinford, Australia
'A Precinct For Gods'
This Franklinford, Australia site was once home to one of the remotest churches of its faith—in the fictional world of the Kcymaerxthaere.
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Franklinford, Australia
This Franklinford, Australia site was once home to one of the remotest churches of its faith—in the fictional world of the Kcymaerxthaere.
Sapphire Central, Australia
A grave commemorates piano tuner F. W. Schlieffen, who drowned in floodwaters in 1906.
Hanoi, Vietnam
A French-Colonial era collection of taxidermy and wet specimens, secreted away in the National University of Hanoi.
Hokkaidō, Japan
This mesmerizingly colorful pond looks like a scene straight out of a fairytale.
Onomichi, Japan
The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.
Patan, India
This magnificent stepwell is designed as an inverted temple and adorned with 1,500 sculptures.
Kyiv, Ukraine
A quirky collection flush with information on commode culture from ancient times to modern day.
Përmet District, Albania
A medieval bridge stretches over a sulfur-rich river that leads to year-round natural hot springs.
Chester, England
Western Europe's only representation of a Roman goddess still in its original location sits in an unassuming park.
Al Haouz, Morocco
The remains of a magnificent medieval fortress that was the capital of a vast empire.
Iż-Żejtun, Malta
A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.
Tandjouare, Togo
Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.
Seattle, Washington
This graveyard contains markers and monuments dedicated to some of the darkest chapters in Washington's history.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Locals transformed this Canadian evergreen into a secret hangout with spectacular views of Vancouver's skyline.
Unyun pruwinsya, Peru
With nearly double the depth of the Grand Canyon, this Peruvian canyon is one of the deepest in the world.
Mantua, Italy
A young Italian couple has been locked in an embrace for over 6,000 years.
Kilwa Masoko, Tanzania
Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.
Gyeongju, South Korea
This odd museum/art gallery embraces the physiological, zoological, and ethnographic side of sex.
Sandwick, Scotland
A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.
North Macedonia
This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.
Esperança, Portugal
You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.
Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany
These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.
Caynton, England
This mysterious underground cave in Shropshire dates back to the 18th or 19th century.