Hangzhou, China
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In its continuing quest to recreate famous parts of the world in miniature, China now has its own ghost Paris.
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Hangzhou, China
In its continuing quest to recreate famous parts of the world in miniature, China now has its own ghost Paris.
Suzhou, China
The Chinese have long been excellent at the art of copying, but this epic replica takes the biscuit.
Suzhou, China
You can still find your way around Suzhou with this 800-year-old stone map.
Ōmihachiman-shi, Japan
A Japanese cat island also populated by the descendants of a band of banished samurai.
Hakui, Japan
This “forbidden” sanctuary has managed to preserve a unique, ancient ecosystem.
Shirakawa-mura, Japan
This isolated Japanese mountain village untouched by time showcases unique and stunning traditional architecture.
Matsumoto, Japan
This historic castle is one of the oldest and most impressive in all of Japan.
Hayakawa, Japan
The oldest hotel in the world has been operated by the same family for over 1,300 years, even catering to samurai.
Chitina, Alaska
In the middle of the Alaskan wilderness, lies a train trestle to nowhere.
Agawa Bay, Ontario
A sacred Ojibwe site covered in pictographs next to Lake Superior.
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
Celebrating the end of winter, students gather every year at Lake Superior State University to torch a 12-foot-tall snowman.
Ouidah, Benin
A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.
Cotonou, Benin
Africa's Venice on stilts.
Bimbia, Cameroon
Buried deep in the forest near Limbe, this little-known slave port became the point of no return for 10 percent of enslaved Africans.
Luderitz, Namibia
This deceptively beautiful island was once home to a German concentration camp and known as "Death Island."
Namibia
The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.
Elizabeth Bay, Namibia
The ruins of this mining boom town stand like skeletal reminders of the settlement's dark history.
Morondava, Madagascar
The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.
Antsalova, Madagascar
Fabulous formations, weird and wonderful wildlife.
Seychelles
Over two-thirds of the world's population of giant tortoises live among this coral formation.
Bangoua Kouni, Comoros
Legend says this remote, “bottomless” lake was created by a curse.
Kilwa Masoko, Tanzania
Stunning ruins of what was once the center of one of the greatest empires in East Africa.
Land that belongs to no nation.
Yemen
The most alien-looking place on Earth.