Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh Book Sculptures
Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.
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Edinburgh, Scotland
Anonymously sculpted and donated, these sculptures made from poetry books and pages are sprinkled around the city.
Alliat, France
Trek into the depths of the cave where 17,000-year-old paintings exist alongside 400-year-old graffiti.
São Paulo, Brazil
A jungle in the heart of São Paulo reminds visitors of what Brazil looked like untouched by man.
Sheffield, England
This magnificent mural was created with over 30,000 colored bricks.
Munich, Germany
The telescope that discovered Neptune.
Vitorchiano, Italy
A lonesome Moai stands in a small Italian town some 9,000 miles away from its Easter Island brethren.
Zhangye Shi, China
Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.
New Orleans, Louisiana
An abandoned warehouse turned art sanctuary in New Orleans.
Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh
One of the longest natural sand beaches in the world.
Birnam, Scotland
This Birnam-based garden honors the legacy of 19th-century children’s book author Beatrix Potter.
Berlin, Germany
This obscene artwork on the side of a newspaper office pokes fun at a rival paper's former editor-in-chief.
Bologna, Italy
Once known for its horse-powered knife sharpening, this 200-year-old shop offers an array of blades and hard-to-find culinary tools.
Genoa, Italy
This cathedral hides a sculpted dog that determines your fate and an unexploded shell from World War II.
Marseille, France
This garden houses the remains of the ancient Greek port of Marseille.
Fez, Morocco
This 16th-century Moroccan fortress-turned-armory museum offers prime views of the historic quarter in Fes.
Glasgow, Scotland
An icon of the Battle of Britain is frozen in flight in a grand Victorian museum.
Kartuzy, Poland
The coffin-shaped church was once home to monks who slept in coffins.
Zossen, Germany
Several of these strange cone-shaped bunkers can still be seen around the former Nazi headquarters.
Santa Elena de Uairén, Venezuela
A pyramidal marker where the borders of Venezuela, Brazil, and Guyana meet on top of Mount Roraima.
Mexico
Three sinkholes filled with warm, crystal-clear water reached by a horse-driven cart on an old train track through the jungle.
Palestrina, Italy
This splendid mosaic embodies ancient Rome's fascination with the exotic allure of Egypt.
Yangon, Myanmar
An eerie abandoned gentlemen's club built for British officials during the colonial era.
Madrid, Spain
This lucky bronze frog was gifted to Madrid by a casino.
Lecce, Italy
A long-buried ancient ruin unearthed right in the middle of the city.