Cochabamba, Bolivia
Cristo de la Concordia
This giant Christ took first place in South America's religious arms race.
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Cochabamba, Bolivia
This giant Christ took first place in South America's religious arms race.
Tintagel, England
It is said the legendary wizard once lived in this sea cave beneath Tintagel Castle.
Reids Flat, Australia
The smallest country in Australia is a principled little thing with a friendly emperor.
Kerman, Iran
The hottest, driest, and most scenic desert on Earth.
Quemado, New Mexico
In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.
Big Sur, California
This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.
Mackay, Idaho
This highest peak in Idaho can only be reached by traversing a formation known as "Chicken-Out Ridge."
Boston, Massachusetts
A beautiful Victorian-era cemetery, complete with a miniature village.
Scarborough, England
80 years of the Battle of Peasholm on a small English lake.
Rothwell, England
A stretch of land where the sour-sweet vegetable is cloaked in darkness and grows so fast you can hear it crack, squeak, and pop.
Lisbon, Portugal
The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.
Flåm, Norway
A Viking-style brewpub named for a Norse sea giant, in the heart of fjord country.
San Francisco, California
A huge musical instrument played by the ocean.
New York, New York
Wall Street has a new heroine, a bronze statue of a small but fierce girl.
New York, New York
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
Kalabaka, Greece
Monasteries on rock pillars, once accessible only by frayed ropes.
Kaleüçağız Köyü, Turkey
Hidden just under the waters around this Turkish island are the ruins of a once great city.
Aksaray, Turkey
In this historic region, homes and churches are carved into ancient volcanic rock formations.
Adalar, Turkey
Over the centuries, this island paradise has done it all, from providing monks with ecclesiastical respite to sheltering an exiled Leon Trotsky.
Medzilaborce, Slovakia
An extraordinary museum devoted to the pop art legend created by Slovak artists.
Lviv, Ukraine
This Ukraine alleyway has become its own little island of forgotten things.
Kolomyya, Ukraine
Welcome to the world's only museum dedicated to the Ukranian Easter egg.
Klevan, Ukraine
This beautiful natural train tunnel is said to grant the wishes of visiting lovebirds.