Hallstatt, Austria
Hallstatt Charnel House
An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.
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Hallstatt, Austria
An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.
Vientiane, Laos
More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.
Italy
Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.
Halle, Belgium
Each spring, a dreamlike carpet of bluebells overtakes the forest floor.
Monduli, Tanzania
A salty red wasteland in Tanzania is a breeding spot for endangered flamingos.
Abhaneri, India
Thousands of exquisitely carved stone water storage wells, hundreds of stone steps fill this exquisite medieval stepwell.
Djenne, Mali
The central mosque of this Mali town is entirely built from mud.
Mirny, Russia
The world's second-largest excavated hole.
Averøy, Norway
A serpentine highway twists and turns over the treacherous Norwegian Sea.
Mauritania
A geological bull's-eye visible from outer space.
Tianshui, China
Rock-cut caves and 7,000 Buddhist sculptures carved into the nearly sheer face of a sandstone mountain.
Phonsavan, Laos
Believed to have once stored either human remains or rice wine, thousands of mysterious stone jars lie in ruin.
Sagada, Philippines
Hundreds of wooden coffins dangle from cliffs and caves in the Philippines.
Pramarzo, Italy
Eco-village hidden in the foothills of the Alps that created a massive system of psychedelic underground temples.
Gran Sabana, Venezuela
This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.
Budapest, Hungary
A 19th-century artistocrat's mansion, turned into a library, hidden in a modern library.
Namibia
The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.
Săpânța, Romania
A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.
Taketomi, Japan
White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.
Kerry, Ireland
Perfectly preserved ancient monastery in an impossibly dramatic location on a rocky island in the Atlantic.
Panguipulli, Chile
This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.
Ardino, Bulgaria
An architectural marvel that spans the Arda River, and has stories of a haunted past.
Medvezhyegorsky District, Russia
Stunning examples of Russia's 18th-century wooden architecture.
Eaglehawk Neck, Australia
This extraordinary geological oddity resembles human-made pavement.