Mersin Province, Turkey
Fortress of Kızkalesi
Mediterranean castle on a tiny Turkish island.
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Mersin Province, Turkey
Mediterranean castle on a tiny Turkish island.
Predjama, Slovenia
Castle and secret tunnel withstood a siege until its owner was killed by the Holy Roman Empire, while sitting on the toilet.
Tirana, Albania
What happens when you cross a mayor and a painter?
Osaka, Japan
The Hanshin Expressway goes right through its 5th, 6th, and 7th floors.
Duisburg, Germany
No need to strap in for a “ride” on this walkable roller coaster.
Mandalay, Myanmar
A grand example of 19th century Burmese teak architecture, and the most significant of Mandalay's historic buildings.
Los Angeles, California
During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.
Gadamis, Libya
A beautiful oasis town dating back to the Roman period still serves as reprieve from the brutal summer sun in Libya.
New York, New York
A dilapidated dock tells the story of Titanic’s missed arrival.
Milot, Haiti
The royal seat of Henri Christophe, a formerly enslaved man who became Haiti's only king.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
Vientiane, Laos
An ancient jungle temple carved into a rocky overhang of the Dane Soung Plateau.
Truskavets, Ukraine
Record-holding coffin moonlights as an eatery run by undertakers.
Kalyazin, Russia
Stalin's march toward a more modern USSR flooded a monastery, leaving a unique and extravagant nautical marker, "The Flooded Belfry."
Tambon Saen Suk, Thailand
Walk through depictions of the torture inflicted on those who go to Buddhist hell.
Peru
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.
Hiroshima, Japan
A plaque marks the site directly below the mid-air detonation of the atomic bomb over Hiroshima.
Georgia
A gleaming white and undulating tower marks the border between Georgia and Turkey.
Nazca, Peru
Nazca pilgrimage site covering 370 acres is a popular stop for archeologists and looters.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Syria
What is left of the pillar of Saint Simeon, the voluntary martyr who climbed the column to give his sermons, remaining perched there for thirty-seven years.
Osaka, Japan
One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.
Greatstone, England
Huge concrete structures designed as an early warning system for Britain to detect enemy aircraft.
Ironbridge, England
This bridge is the first to be made entirely from iron, but designed like it was still made of wood.