Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
Takapō (Lake Tekapo)
A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.
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Lake Tekapo, New Zealand
A perfect turquoise lake colored with glacier dust.
Waitomo, New Zealand
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
Ottosdal, South Africa
Tiny pyrophyllite spheres from 3 billion years ago.
Caraș-Severin, Romania
Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.
Jerusalem, Israel
Sitting right on the border between East and West Jerusalem this modern art museum is in itself a symbol of Israel's hoped-for unity.
Juneau, Alaska
This shrine to the patron saint of Alaska sits on a small tidal island and was built from the land’s own beach stones.
Cantwell, Alaska
Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.
Riga, Latvia
This charming Latvian lane doubled as Baker Street on the Soviet Union’s version of Sherlock Holmes.
Skulte, Latvia
A vast and unlikely aviation museum kept alive for over 50 years due to one man's tenacity.
Varėnos rajono savivaldybė, Lithuania
The pyramid and dome deep inside the Dzūkija forest are believed to channel divine energy.
Kaunas, Lithuania
The oldest funicular in Lithuania has been climbing this steep hill since 1931.
Moscow, Russia
Back in the tiny USSR.
Moscow, Russia
The gorgeous entrances into the city's underbelly look more like grand halls than subway stops.
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Some call this eerie forest of crooked trees the "Bermuda Triangle of Romania."
Talacre, Wales
This 1776 beacon on the coast of Wales is said to have a ghost called Raymond, the last lighthouse keeper.
Rhayader, Wales
A Welsh sheep farm provides daily (non-sheep) meals to red kites, producing dazzling displays of aerial acrobatics.
Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Wales
This neolithic stone grave has been altered and restored so often its now more neo than lithic.
Læsø, Denmark
This antique farmhouse is one of Læsø's rare seaweed houses.
Stoholm, Denmark
Nearly 40 miles and 1,000 years of limestone mines under Denmark.
Hobro, Denmark
A walkable map of the world, made from soil and stone by one man.
Qesm Hurghada, Egypt
A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.
Esrange, Sweden
The wilderness of northern Sweden is full of shelters to protect people from sounding rockets returning from space.
Tromsø, Norway
The world's most charming instant portrait studio also happens to be its smallest.
Iisalmi, Finland
The smallest restaurant in the world.