Kunming, China
Shilin Stone Forest
270 million year-old forest of stone.
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Kunming, China
270 million year-old forest of stone.
Brașov, Romania
This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.
Nashville, Tennessee
At 135 years old and counting, this historic print shop is heaven for poster nerds and music buffs.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
New York, New York
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
Tamri, Morocco
Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.
Daniel Campos, Bolivia
A seemingly endless landscape of pure salt stretches far across Bolivia.
Cramlington, England
A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.
Warsaw, Poland
A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.
Sloan, Nevada
Brightly colored 30-foot-tall totems light up the desert sky just outside Las Vegas.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia boasts one of the best — and most often overlooked — traditional Japanese gardens in North America.
Haarlem, Netherlands
The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.
Kuwait City, Kuwait
Lived-in building, bedecked with an astonishing array of mirror mosaics.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.
Tokyo, Japan
The original "capsule building" is a masterpiece of Metabolist architecture.
Aso, Japan
The largest volcanic caldera in Japan holds an entire city in its maw.
Magelang, Indonesia
This massive chapel in the middle of the Indonesian forest is both haunting and fowl.
Vienna, Austria
Handsomely crafted representations of our round planet.
Wuppertal, Germany
This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
This peaceful Massachusetts graveyard was one of the first "garden-style" cemeteries in America.
Aguas Calientes, Peru
The intricate stonework of Machu Picchu serves as a testament to Incan engineers.
Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.