Edinburgh, Scotland
Tweeddale Court
This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
This 16th-century close preserves an unusual piece of Edinburgh's transportation history.
Crawick, Scotland
Modern megaliths form this work of cosmic, Celtic landscape art.
Isle of Bute, Scotland
A fernery hidden by neglect is uncovered, and an ancient specimen along with it.
Ardtalnaig, Scotland
Monty Python fans will recognize this abandoned mine as the Cave of the Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog.
Yosemite National Park, California
The interior of the Overlook Hotel in "The Shining" was based on this Yosemite original.
Heilam, Scotland
The ruins of a defunct limestone quarry still haunt this Scottish promontory.
Klaipėda, Lithuania
A creepy statue of a hooded ghost hauls itself up from the water in a historic Lithuanian city.
London, England
A friendly pub with a sordid past in cock fighting.
New York, New York
Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.
Brooklyn, New York
Sniff the Titan Arum's rotting flesh.
Colonia Del Sacramento, Uruguay
Abandoned bull fighting ring, slowly falling apart in Uruguay.
Jesús de Tavarangue, Paraguay
These spectacular ruins were built by Spanish padres in the 17th century.
Bolivia
On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.
Santa Rita do Passa Quatro, Brazil
This magnificent tree towering over the Atlantic rainforest is one of the oldest and largest in Brazil.
Catas Altas, Brazil
This neo-Gothic monastery offers a rare chance to witness the unique maned wolf right up close.
São Paulo, Brazil
The crypts are so large they're basically their own underground church.
Vila de São Jorge, Brazil
These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.
Guyana
The world's widest single drop waterfall, and the two men who legend says went over its edge in a boat.
Nazca, Peru
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
Puerto Inca, Peru
This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.
Bogotá, Colombia
This Bogotá museum houses the world's largest collection of pre-Columbian gold relics.
Sesquilé, Colombia
Known as the site of 'El Dorado,' this mysterious lake is rumored to hold gold beneath its waters.
Bogotá, Colombia
Colombia's biggest botanical garden contains plants from all across the country.
Anton Valley, Panama
Right angles in the forests of Panama.