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An astounding collection of medical specimens, including bits of President Lincoln.

The longest escalator in the Western Hemisphere takes over three minutes to ride down.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

Along the side of the road on a small Japanese island is an extensive garden of uniquely designed Shisa statues.

An underexplored, 130-foot tropical waterfall that you will have all to yourself.

The ruins of the castle that chemicals built.

Colorful Native American paintings are hidden within this small cavern.

Along the most northwestern point in Africa is an ancient cave surrounded by legends.

Mysterious Spanish catacombs of unknown origins.

The discovery of these rare, ancient artifacts led to the creation of a new museum.

Eat a tasty meal in the house where John Steinbeck was born.

Amazing taxidermy dioramas from the 1960s in a cement building meant to look like an ice cave.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

This Colombo wetland is an unlikely wildlife haven just outside the capital city.

The first and only planetarium in Sri Lanka.

This luscious masterpiece created by landscape designer Bevis Bawa inspired the work of his brother, a famous Sri Lankan architect.

To gaze upon the visage of Sri Lanka's biggest Buddha, one must first pass through the Tunnel of Hell.

The ruins of this old church are slowing sinking into the sand.

An ancient stone fortress considered by many to be the eighth wonder of the world.

This mesmerizing architectural wonder will take your breath away with its unusual color patterns.

A Bohemian "anti-hotel" offers off-kilter stays in Sri Lanka.

The remains of a 37,000-year-old prehistoric society were discovered in this mammoth cave, one of the largest in Asia.

Seven beautiful 1,000-year-old rock-cut Buddhist statues.

Holy Hindu shrine in an enormous, monkey-filled limestone cavern.