Aswan, Egypt
Nabta Playa Stone Circle
This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.
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Aswan, Egypt
This North African stone complex is considered to be the oldest astronomical observatory on Earth.
Aswan, Egypt
The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.
Abu AR Rish Qebli, Egypt
A network of ancient Egyptian tombs built into the cliff face along the Nile.
Nagoa Ash Shatb, Egypt
The museum within the Kom-Ombo Temple complex houses mummified crocodiles and mummified crocodile eggs.
Nagoa Ash Shatb, Egypt
One of its engravings is believed to be among the first representations of medical and surgical instruments.
Manistique, Michigan
This freshwater spring fills with 10,000 gallons of water per minute.
Split, Croatia
A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.
Santa Margalida, Spain
The largest prehistoric cemetery on the Balearic Islands dates back over 2,500 years.
Alcúdia, Spain
A playful symbiosis of art, nature, architecture, and garden design, a hidden gem off the beaten path
Campanet, Spain
This "flat geyser" bubbles up out of the ground periodically like a disappearing river.
Palma, Spain
This historic electric train has operated with regularity since the early 1900s.
Haleyville, Alabama
148 feet long and in the middle of a verdant forest.
Barcelona, Spain
An unusual stroll through gentlemen's erotica demonstrates that pornography is timeless.
Barcelona, Spain
A temple to modernity, tucked away amid Barcelona's more well known museums.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaze upon chocolate sculptures depicting everything from chariot races to Gaudí's famous church at this shrine to sweets.
Barcelona, Spain
An open-air "garden" of mural art that changes weekly.
Barcelona, Spain
One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.
Barcelona, Spain
The iconic boulevard is the perfect place to catch sight of a bicycling skeleton, a levitating Satan, or a chef with his head stuck in a pizza.
Barcelona, Spain
An egg dancing on water as a sign of renewal
Barcelona, Spain
A stately palace has been converted into the world's largest cannabis museum.
Barcelona, Spain
For one day every month Barcelona's Estació de França transforms into a market for model trains.
Barcelona, Spain
A cemetery in Barcelona's Poblenou district is home to this touching funerary statue, which depicts death in the form of a winged skeleton.
Kyoto, Japan
1,001 carved statues of the Buddhist God of Mercy, each with a unique face.
Truckee, California
The now-abandoned tunnels were built for the transcontinental railroad on the route where the first wagon train entered California.