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David Lemon

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Linh Phong Pagoda

Cat Tien, Vietnam

Linh Phong Pagoda

Nestled against the majestic Ba Mountain, this historic spiritual sanctuary features one of the tallest outdoor Buddha statues in Southeast Asia overlooking the ocean.

The Temple of Apollo, Delphi

Greece

The Oracle of Delphi

The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.

It takes quiet and calm to milk a moose.

Bjurholm, Sweden

Älgens Hus (The Moose House)

A Swedish farm is the world's only producer of the rare, creamy delicacy that is moose cheese.

The church

Las Condes, Chile

Benedictine Monastery Holy Trinity of Las Condes

1960s modernist architecture in the form of a church and monastery at the foothills of the Andes.

Helensburgh Glowworm Tunnel.

Helensburgh, Australia

Glowworm Tunnel

An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.

Daizenji 'Grape Temple'

Koshu, Japan

Daizenji 'Grape Temple'

A monk-run winery inside a Buddhist temple celebrates Japan's crown grape varietal.

Iron Fountain Gyumri

Gyumri, Armenia

Iron Fountain Gyumri

It's a massive, rusted fountain that survived an earthquake in 1988.

Delicate foliage.

Southwell, England

The Leaves of Southwell

Exquisite carvings of leaves, Green Men, and the occasional dragon adorn a medieval chapter house.

Detail of the Tiffany-designed elevators. Economical cast iron, not bronze!

New York, New York

The Woolworth Building

Once the tallest building in the world and the site of “the highest dinner ever held in New York” this building now holds the most expensive penthouse in the city.

Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern

Houston, Texas

Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern

A 90-year-old underground water reservoir offers a more industrial kind of tranquility.

Hobbiton

Matamata, New Zealand

Hobbiton

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Can you hear it?

New York, New York

Times Square Hum

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

El Deir ("The Monastery"), Petra.

Petra District, Jordan

Petra

An ancient capital city that dates back 3,000 years and harbors many surprises.

Entrance to the bridge behind the bus stop.

Gurtnellen, Switzerland

Intschi-Reuss Bridge

Walk underneath a railway bridge over the river Reuss with just a metal grating under your feet.

Buddhas

Hong Kong

Ten Thousand Buddhas ‘Monastery’

There are over 12,000 Buddha statues at this temple complex that has been mistakenly labeled a monastery.

Waldkunstpfad

Darmstadt, Germany

Waldkunstpfad

A forest outside Darmstadt becomes an open-air art gallery, where international artists turn trees, branches, stones, and clearings into strange, playful, and thought-provoking works.

American Sign Museum

Cincinnati, Ohio

American Sign Museum

Where beautiful signs live on forever.

The Devil's Millhopper

Gainesville, Florida

The Devil’s Millhopper

This Florida sinkhole hides a rainforest-like micro-environment in its depths.

National Neon Sign Museum

The Dalles, Oregon

National Neon Sign Museum

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

An aerial view of Serpent Mound in the fall.

Peebles, Ohio

The Great Serpent Mound

The largest earthwork effigy in the world.

Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine

Kyoto, Japan

Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

The huge Philosophical Hall

Prague, Czechia

Strahov Monastery

Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.

The Sun

West Lafayette, Indiana

The Voss Model

A Fibonnaci spiral model of our solar system.

Mural of the Great Goddess

San Juan Teotihuacan de Arista, Mexico

Mural of the Great Goddess

A striking depiction of Teotihuacan's mysterious "Spider Woman."

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