Morondava, Madagascar
Avenue of the Baobabs
The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.
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Morondava, Madagascar
The centuries-old trees lining both sides of this dirt road may become Madagascar's first natural monument.
Louveciennes, France
One of the last realized projects of an influential, self-taught, French Modernist architect Jacques Couëlle.
Yemen
The most alien-looking place on Earth.
Hida, Japan
Enormous underground chamber built to detect 'ghost particles' of the universe.
At-Bashi District, Kyrgyzstan
Extremely isolated Silk Road caravanserai in the middle of nowhere.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.
Port Royal, Jamaica
Nature took her revenge on the "Wickedest City in the World."
Kitakyushu, Japan
An exquisite tunnel of cascading flowers.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.
Beruni, Uzbekistan
These "50 Fortresses" have been unearthed in the ancient oasis of Khwarezm.
Baltimore, Maryland
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
Paro, Bhutan
The small cliffside monastery known as the Tiger's Nest is said to be the meditation site of an 8th-century Buddhist master.
Antarctica
Nimrod Polar Expedition base, and home to hundred-year-old frozen whisky.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Paris, France
France's most famous cemetery, with some of its most curious tombs.
Magelang, Indonesia
Hundreds of Buddhas in a re-discovered Indonesian temple.
French Guiana
An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.
Hatsukaichi, Japan
This Japanese national treasure was originally built in 593.
Kampung Lupak Luas, Brunei
Ferdinand Magellan dubbed the world's largest water village the "Venice of the East."
Estero, Florida
Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.
Ona, Florida
Florida castle built with aluminum printing plates.
Apollo Beach, Florida
Manatees congregate around a power plant's discharge canal where the water is especially warm.
Istanbul, Turkey
A marvel of Byzantine engineering under the streets of Istanbul.
Singapore
A Buddhist theme park brings you a Buddhist version of Hell.