Seville, Spain
Metropol Parasol
The world's largest wooden structure.
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Seville, Spain
The world's largest wooden structure.
Lagoa, Portugal
Perhaps the most spectacular grotto along the Algarve coastline.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Colares, Portugal
One Portuguese poet described this cape, the westernmost point in mainland Europe, as "where the land ends and the sea begins."
Sintra, Portugal
This unreal Portuguese palace looks as though it's made from a pile of different castles.
Lisbon, Portugal
This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”
Belvedere, Sint Maarten
Where Saint-Martin ends and Sint Maarten begins (or vice versa).
Belvedere, Sint Maarten
A roundabout in the West Indies that pays tribute to a bus driver who brokered no-nonsense on the school route.
Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten
Commercial airplanes land mere feet over the heads of sunbathing beachgoers on this tiny island.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
A park where people have been going to feed friendly pigeons since the 18th century
San Juan, Puerto Rico
This chapel on a cliff is renowned for its healing powers and was founded on the site of a supposed divine intervention.
Bloomington, Indiana
The world's largest anatomically accurate brain sculpture.
West Lafayette, Indiana
The large rock formation where the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa stood and encouraged his warriors during the Battle of Tippecanoe.
Florence, Kentucky
After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A unique botanical garden housed in three giant geodesic domes.
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.
Sumpter, Wisconsin
"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.
Madison, Wisconsin
Prolific outsider artist Sid Boyum's concrete sculptures add whimsy to Madison's Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.
Madison, Wisconsin
Prayers and messages of hope decorate the ceramic tiles of this pavilion.