São Miguel, Portugal
Chapel of Nossa Senhora das Vitórias
This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.
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São Miguel, Portugal
This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.
Coverham, England
A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
San Juan de Gaztelugatxe, Spain
Hundreds of stone stairs and a winding medieval bridge connect this haunting Spanish island to the mainland.
Grafton, New Hampshire
Generations of rockhounds got their start at this beloved, historic mine.
Duiwelskloof, South Africa
A South African bar inside a hollowed out 6,000-year-old Baobab.
Kerry, Ireland
Just a few miles off the western coast of Ireland lies an isle steeped in Irish literary history.
Isle of Staffa, Scotland
This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.
Kalabaka, Greece
Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This rooftop sign has been confusing Milwaukee-bound airline passengers for decades.
Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
It's been nearly a century since this volcano, the tallest mountain in Equatorial Guinea, erupted.
Oakland, California
This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.
Lima, Peru
A market for witches is hidden within a train station.
Florence, Italy
Over 50 exquisite hand-painted Renaissance maps decorate a Medici storage room.
Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany
This museum tells the story of lake dwellers from 4000 BC to 850 BC, replete with stilt houses and goats.
St. Joseph, Missouri
The house where the famed outlaw was shot by a dirty coward is now a museum to the criminal's legacy.
Kharkhorin, Mongolia
A mysterious phallic rock on the grounds of a Buddhist monastery.
Baturiti, Indonesia
An abandoned hotel in the highlands of Bali is shrouded in stories of ghosts, curses, and corruption.
Tampa, Florida
Step back into the glory days of Florida's nascent tourism industry at this Gilded Age palace.
Tampa, Florida
One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.
Onsted, Michigan
The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.
Port Royal, Virginia
The Virginia farm where John Wilkes Booth met his grisly end is now largely forgotten.
Paris, France
A museum on the history of Paris, including a set of Napoleon's toiletries, Proust's room, and relics of the Revolution.
South Sudan
Every October, one of the largest migration of mammals in the world thunders through Boma National Park.