Isle of North Uist, Scotland
Teampull na Trionaid
The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.
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Isle of North Uist, Scotland
The ruins of a medieval seminary some say is the oldest university site in Scotland.
Oman
This remote British Imperial telegraph relay outpost drove men insane.
Zabid, Yemen
Elaborate patterns adorn the city's disappearing traditional architecture.
Oslo, Norway
The Brutalist building harbors an unusual inverted dome that swoops down over its central sacred room.
Al Bidya, United Arab Emirates
The oldest surviving mosque in the UAE has mysterious origins and unusual architecture.
Geneva, Illinois
A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.
Salzburg, Austria
The beautiful, ornate weather station is the most popular geocache in Salzburg.
Frostburg, Maryland
The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.
Panenský Týnec, Czechia
The 14th-century ruins are said to contain healing powers.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
An extravagant monument to an extravagantly unpopular Emperor.
Xuân Trạch, Vietnam
World's largest cave was only discovered in 1991, and now offers tours to the public.
Rotherham, England
This oddly placed 15th-century church is one of only six bridge chapels left in England.
Batavia, Illinois
World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.
Moffat, Scotland
“It has nae lugs!”
Kiel, Germany
The world's first and only three-segment bascule bridge folds up into the shape of a capital "N" to let boat traffic through.
Heidelberg, Germany
It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.
Madrid, Spain
A whimsical brother of the nearby Fallen Angel statue takes the falling part quite literally.
Da Nang, Vietnam
This bridge is embedded with a giant steel dragon that breathes fire from its mouth.
Hương Thủy, Vietnam
Vietnam's feral abandoned water park offers access to a post-apocalyptic funscape, now with fewer crocodiles.
Huế, Vietnam
Giant pagoda houses the car that drove Thích Quảng Đức to his death by self-immolation.
Vĩnh Thạch, Vietnam
This network of tunnels housed an entire village for years, and even had a hall for screening movies.
Novo Selo Palanječko, Croatia
A tower marking the spot where Yugoslavia began its resistance against the invading Nazis stands neglected, but not quite forgotten.
Washington, D.C.
A diminutive plaque recalls the treetop sniper who almost killed Abe Lincoln.
Orvieto, Italy
This picturesque Umbrian city has a subterranean side that has long remained hidden.