Svalbard, Norway
Svalbard Global Seed Vault
This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.
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Svalbard, Norway
This Arctic storage facility is a secure backup for agricultural biodiversity.
Aomori, Japan
The tallest bronze seated statue of the Buddha in Japan.
Burnley, England
A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.
Holywood, Scotland
A 30-acre garden inspired by the principles of modern physics.
England
Surreal riveted sea forts once protected the Kent shores from German attack.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
A tower devoted to — and modeled after — the Divine Comedy.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Pomuch, Mexico
Once a year in Pomuch, the dead are taken out for a cleaning.
Stra, Italy
A complex, nine-layer maze on the grounds of a Venetian doge's playground.
Akarsu Köyü, Turkey
A Turkish monastery tucked into a cliff wall.
Aurland, Norway
A thin pane of glass keeps visitors from sliding off this futuristic skywalk.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
A beautiful young girl said to have been buried alive in her coffin…
Nantong, China
The world's foremost museum dedicated entirely to the abacus.
Cossé-le-Vivien, France
A self-built mosaic house and sculpture park.
Margate, England
Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
An architect's childhood fantasy treehouse made real.
Ypres, Belgium
A moving memorial to the fallen and missing from WWI trenches.
Capalbio, Italy
Gigantic mosaic sculptures of the figures on Tarot cards fill this colorful Tuscan garden.
Land that belongs to no nation.
Fars Province, Iran
Marked by the hand of the explorer Henry Morton Stanley.
Ubud, Indonesia
Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.
Meškuičių seniūnija, Lithuania
An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.
Rome, Italy
Rome’s legendary peephole vista is also a former Crusader stronghold.