Sintra, Portugal
Quinta da Regaleira
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
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Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Portugal
For more than two centuries, the canopy of this venerable tree has been a haven for songbirds and lovers.
São Miguel, Portugal
Legend has it the lovelorn tears of a princess and a shepherd boy formed the blue and green twin lakes in the Azores archipelago.
Terceira Island, Portugal
One of few vertical lava tubes in the world accessible by foot.
São Jorge, Portugal
Bits of flat terrain surrounded by cliffs make one of the most beautiful landscapes in the Azores.
Pico, Portugal
As the highest point in the Mid-Atlantic range this stratovolcano offers spectacular views.
São Miguel, Portugal
Europe's oldest still-operational tea farm also boasts a spectacular view.
São Miguel, Portugal
This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.
Aba, China
Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.
Carbon County, Utah
Here, at the “world’s longest art gallery,” you’ll find forty miles of ancient petroglyphs and pictographs.
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
For centuries, Jeddah’s old town was a major trading port and a point of entry for Hajj pilgrims traveling by sea.
Rijal Alma, Saudi Arabia
A 900-year-old village located in the highland of the Asir region that features historic architecture.
Al Ula, Saudi Arabia
Lions carved into the rockface adorn these two tombs built into the mountains of Dadan.
George Town, Cayman Islands
The capital of the Cayman Islands is a center of offshore banking, but gets battered by blistering hurricanes.
Gun Bay, Cayman Islands
A massive maritime collision may have led to the myth of a resort island's strange financial status.
West Bay, Cayman Islands
Send a postcard while vacationing with Satan.
Mexico City, Mexico
Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.
Mexico City, Mexico
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
Mgxotyeni, South Africa
A massive rock in the surf steeped in legends.
Mkhomazi Wilderness area, South Africa
Brace yourself for the slowest, scariest, most spectacular drive, down the Drakensberg Escarpment.
L'Agulhas, South Africa
This small monument marks the divide between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans at the southernmost tip of Africa.
Cape Town, South Africa
This road winds through the steep coastal cliffside offering spectacular views for those who brave the drive.
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.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Dr Barnes' $25 billion private collection of art and arboretum.