Leggiuno, Italy
Santa Caterina del Sasso
This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.
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Leggiuno, Italy
This monastery built into a cliff hides a perfectly preserved hermit in a glass coffin.
Løkken, Denmark
An abandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny: being buried under shifting sand.
Pont-en-Royans, France
These quaint French houses dangle precariously over a precipice.
Agion Oros, Greece
The hermits of Karoulia protect their asocial lifestyles by living on the vertical face of a treacherous precipice.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.
Civita, Italy
This quaint Italian town keeps losing ground as the sides of its plateau slowly erode.
Güejar Sierra, Spain
This abandoned, turn-of-the-century astronomy hub is now the subject of more photographs than it ever took.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Alnwick, England
This giant wooden treehouse within a sprawling garden has its own eatery.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Sapporo, Japan
The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.
Gildeskål, Norway
Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.
Turin, Italy
The only Malaysian food truck in Italy slings tangy chicken satay that even Italians love.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Europe's official "zero-level," the equator of elevation.
San Francisco, California
This residential door allows San Francisco muggles a glimpse at the wizarding world.
Cabezuela del Valle, Spain
Blue-green pools and smooth stones comprise one of Spain’s most idyllic hidden wonders.
Rottweil, Germany
Built to test magnetically levitated elevators, the tower also boasts Germany's highest visitor platform.
Binz, Germany
A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Sintra, Portugal
This eccentrically decorated palace is replete with grottoes, fountains, tunnels, and caves.
Juneau, Alaska
A rare chance to get up close and personal with a 13-mile ribbon of ice near downtown Juneau.
Yuncheng, China
Rainbow-hued in the summer and crystalline in the winter, this salty lake has inspired battles, temples, and plenty of awe.
Plitvička Jezera, Croatia
A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.
Los Angeles, California
It should come as no surprise that the best view of the Hollywood sign is from Batman's lair.