Nagasaki, Japan
The Dutch Slope
A historical western settlement that is known as one of the three most disappointing sights of Japan.
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Nagasaki, Japan
A historical western settlement that is known as one of the three most disappointing sights of Japan.
Nagasaki, Japan
A faithful reconstruction of what was once the only window into Japan.
El Hierro, Spain
An untouched lava tube accessible to the adventurers.
El Hierro, Spain
What many consider the original prime meridian and westernmost point of the old world.
El Hierro, Spain
Windswept juniper trees resemble surrealistic artwork, however, this juniper is actually a work of art.
El Hierro, Spain
This Canary island is a quintessential example of nature’s beauty, and its unbridled fury.
Aachen, Germany
A former customs station on the border of Germany and the Netherlands.
Laakdal, Belgium
Six turbines towering over a wide road for passersby.
Vaals, Netherlands
The tallest mountain in mainland Netherlands isn't actually very tall.
Stellenbosch, South Africa
A sculpted indigenous garden featuring more than 60 works by Dylan Lewis.
Paarl, South Africa
The South African dialect's complex history is immortalized in stone, in one of the world's only monuments dedicated to a language.
Cape Town, South Africa
A 19th-century relic of timekeeping.
Cape Town, South Africa
Despite many attempts to finish this overpass, it has been abandoned since the 1970s.
Cape Town, South Africa
From atop a hill at the center of Cape Town, a cannon has been signalling the time since 1806.
Cape Town, South Africa
Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.
Ypres, Belgium
In an area where the remnants of WWI are discovered on a regular basis this preserved frontline trench may be the most amazing.
Horn-Bad Meinberg, Germany
Between Neo-Pagans and Neo-Nazis, these strange rock formations have a curious cult following and a very strange history.
Bielefeld, Germany
According to a satirical conspiracy theory that persists today, this German city of 300,000 is a hoax invented by the CIA.
Teguise, Spain
The chefs at El Diablo use heat generated by an active volcano to cook the food.
Lisbon, Portugal
The best place in the world to buy tinned fish.
Antwerp, Belgium
According to this bar, God gave an “11th commandment” to Antwerp: Thou shalt drink beer.
Lisbon, Portugal
Eat the ultimate iteration of Portugal's most beloved pastry.
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Buy raw milk from a 24/7 vending machine or pick up tomb candles at this local market.
Rome, Italy
For more than a century, this hole-in-the-wall near Termini Station has been serving what some say is the greatest porchetta sandwich.