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Kimchi pots.

Andong, South Korea

Andong Hahoe Folk Village

A traditional village rooted in the Joseon Dynasty.

Pohang Space Walk

Pohang, South Korea

Pohang Space Walk

This 317-ton walkable art installation is an homage to Korea's "City of Steel."

A field of pink muhly grass outside Cheomseongdae Observatory.

Gyeongju, South Korea

Pink Muhly Grass

From mid-September to early November, dreamy fields of pink muhly grass spring up all over South Korea.

Fault Whisper located in Fault Line Park

San Diego, California

Fault Whisper

Listen to the sounds of the Earth moving along the Rose Canyon Fault.

‘Strange Fruit’

Bordeaux, France

‘Strange Fruit’

This striking sculpture was created in memory of enslaved people, acknowledging that the city of Bordeaux was France’s second-largest slave-trade port.

A Moroccan Wedding Cape

Marrakesh, Morocco

Maison Culturelle du Tapis

A unique museum focusing on the history of carpets and fabrics from different tribes and eras in Moroccan history.

Books, Beans, & Candles

Birmingham, Alabama

Books, Beans, & Candles

Alabama’s oldest and largest metaphysical shop.

Fernkloof Nature Reserve

Hermanus, South Africa

Fernkloof Nature Reserve

The world’s most biodiverse place when it comes to plants.

The game selection includes classics like Ms. Pac Man, Galaga, and Q*Bert, as well as newer games llike Pac Man Battle Royale.

Pasadena, California

Neon Retro Arcade

A ticket to this nostalgia-soaked arcade comes with free play on more than 40 classic games.

Ernest Hemingway's Grave

Sun Valley, Idaho

Ernest Hemingway's Grave

Despite his legacy of work in Spain, Cuba, and Florida, the larger-than-life writer's grave is a simple affair tucked in an Idaho cemetery.

The dugouts in July 2010, before they were destroyed

Salmon, Idaho

Dugout Dick Memorial

An Idaho legend carved out a cave village with his own two hands.

Million Dollar Point

Luganville, Vanuatu

Million Dollar Point

The U.S. military dumped millions dollars worth of goods off a beach in Vanuatu, purely to spite the British and French.

Sand dunes...NOT snow!

Alamogordo, New Mexico

White Sands National Park

Explore the largest pure gypsum deposit in the world, and go dune sledding while you're at it.

The landscape is pure geological eye candy.

Bloomfield, New Mexico

Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness Study Area

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

‘The Lightning Field’

Quemado, New Mexico

‘The Lightning Field’

In the remote high desert of New Mexico, a strange array of poles beckon fury from above.

Gympie Bone Museum

Araluen, Australia

Gympie Bone Museum

Australia's first and only museum dedicated exclusively to bones.

A performance at Theatricum Botanicum

Topanga, California

Theatricum Botanicum

Will Geer's outdoor theater started as a mountain retreat for actors, musicians, and other artists who were blacklisted during the Red Scare.

Dental Phanthom

Dublin, Ireland

Museum of Curiosities

A two-storey cabinet of wonders filled with the bizarre, the macabre, and the downright uncanny.

A satellite view of the Sahara

Dakar, Senegal

The Great Green Wall of Africa

Over 4,700 miles of trees being planted to hold back the desert.

Kakum Canopy Walkway

Assin South, Ghana

Kakum Canopy Walk

This series of rope-style bridges brings visitors into a jungle layer that is usually reserved for birds and monkeys.

Door of No Return.

Ouidah, Benin

La Porte du Non-Retour (The Door of No Return)

A monument to the more than one million enslaved Africans deported from the port of Ouidah.

Amazon Statue

Cotonou, Benin

Amazon Statue

The 100-foot-tall (30-meter) bronze statue was built to recognize the world's only documented all-female army.

Ganvie Lake Village

Cotonou, Benin

Ganvie Lake Village

Africa's Venice on stilts.

Voodoo Temple of Abomey

Abomey, Benin

Voodoo Temple of Abomey

A giant chameleon, with a fascinating purpose.

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