Junagadh, India
Mahabat Maqbara
This otherworldly palace-mausoleum complex is the stuff eternal dreams are made of.
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Junagadh, India
This otherworldly palace-mausoleum complex is the stuff eternal dreams are made of.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Once used to screen films for theater owners to rent, this historic building is now a start up hub.
Borgloon, Belgium
Part modern art project, part traditional chapel, this see-through church is only substantial from the right angle.
Vilanova de Sau, Spain
A Romanesque tower appears when water levels drop.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
Prague, Czechia
This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”
Shchyolkovo, Russia
Secret Soviet city once home to Russian cosmonauts and space training facilities.
Stykkishólmur, Iceland
This collection of unique liquids allows visitors to wander the waters of Iceland's glaciers.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
Reykjavik, Iceland
This monument to one of the largest science fiction games of all time bears the names of hundreds of thousands of players.
Reykjavik, Iceland
An encyclopedic collection of mammal penises.
Iceland
The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.
Thingvellir, Iceland
This natural Icelandic fissure allows divers to swim right between two volatile tectonic plates.
Iceland
This volcanic cave lake is essentially hard proof that Iceland is the most magical place on Earth.
Iceland
This elegant arc of a waterfall marks a religious turning point.
Kazan, Russia
This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.
Kumistavi, Georgia
This neon lit Georgian cave claims to hold the boulder Prometheus was chained to.
Gokdepe, Turkmenistan
This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.
Aralsk, Kazakhstan
Rusting ships sit in a desert where a sea used to be.
Paju, South Korea
Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.
Pyongyang, North Korea
North Korea's massive "hotel of doom."
Nagasaki, Japan
Once the most densely populated place in the world, this island is now a ghost town.
Hatsukaichi, Japan
This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.
Rikuzentakata-shi, Japan
A sculpture that resurrected the only tree standing following the devastating 2011 tsunami.