Carlsbad, New Mexico
Lechuguilla Cave
A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.
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Carlsbad, New Mexico
A cave's rare beauty held a cavernous secret hidden underground.
Shiprock, New Mexico
Legends surround this jagged rock formation in the New Mexico desert.
Carlsbad, New Mexico
The second-largest cave chamber in the world was discovered in 1898 by a 16-year-old and a friend known as "Pothead."
Leoben, Austria
Austria's 5-star prison.
Vienna, Austria
This series of Baroque passageways in Vienna's cultural center mix old architecture with modern art.
Vienna, Austria
A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.
Vienna, Austria
Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Hallstatt, Austria
An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.
Vienna, Austria
The beautiful baroque library of the Hapsburg empire.
Zadar, Croatia
Now harmless, this looming post struck fear into the heart of medieval troublemakers.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna's giant wonder wheel had a starring role in one of the greatest noir movies of all time.
Vienna, Austria
Op-art architecture designed for happiness.
Hamburg, Germany
Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.
Hamburg, Germany
This dockworkers' lunch joint has been left leaning by a century of storm floods.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.
Brussels, Belgium
Cozy basement bar sports an inventory of over 2,000 beers.
Porto, Portugal
Elaborate tile work in this railway station tells the story of Portugal.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Porto, Portugal
This restored Portuguese cafe may well be the most beautiful place in the world to grab a Big Mac.
Zadar, Croatia
A musical instrument played by the sea.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
Berlin, Germany
One of downtown Berlin's last reminders of its Communist past.
Belize
A massive underwater sinkhole made famous by Jacques Cousteau.
Boston, Massachusetts
A former waterfront market is now in the center of town due to some interesting Boston engineering.