Mannar, Sri Lanka
Baobab Tree Pallimunai
The trunk of this 700-year-old tree measures more than 60 feet around, making it the oldest and largest baobab in Sri Lanka.
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Mannar, Sri Lanka
The trunk of this 700-year-old tree measures more than 60 feet around, making it the oldest and largest baobab in Sri Lanka.
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The oldest olive tree in Greece has been bearing fruit for at least 2,000 years.
Palo Alto, California
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Wellington, New Zealand
This 800-year-old Rimu tree may be the oldest of its kind in the world.
Woodside, California
This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.
Luras, Italy
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Richfield, Utah
One of the world's oldest and most massive living organisms is a grove of quaking aspens.
Älvdalen S, Sweden
The world's oldest individual clonal tree looks like a wimp despite standing tall for 9,550 years.
Big Pine, California
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Hamburg, Germany
Remnants of an exploded schooner and wrecked submarines form a breakwater.
Oberursel, Germany
Germany's tiniest institution of education.
Promised Land, Australia
A huge maze complex and whimsical miniature village in Tasmania.
San Francisco, California
A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.
Warminster, England
The longest hedge maze in the world.
Budapest, Hungary
A 13th-century convent where St. Margaret of Hungary spent her teenage years.
Budapest, Hungary
Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.
Budapest, Hungary
Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.
Budapest, Hungary
This tomb of a Sufi mystic is a remnant of Ottoman rule in Hungary.
Budapest, Hungary
A random tree outside a Budapest hotel has become a DIY shrine to the late singer.
Budapest, Hungary
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Krakow, Poland
An artificial hill and apparent calendric structure built in the Early Middle Ages immortalizes a legendary Polish princess.
Szentendre, Hungary
Everything from miniature biblical scenes to life-sized statues are almond-based at this sweet and nutty gallery.
Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia
After 11 years of reconstruction work, Slovakia's finest hilltop chapel complex is finally reopen to the public.
Pune, India
Historic anchors for the animals that once carried India’s mail.