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Palmanova, Italy

Palmanova Star Fort

A star-shaped fortress town fort built in the geometric model of the Renaissance utopian city.
StepYoshi Added by StepYoshi
Amman, Jordan

Roman Theater of Amman

This exceptionally well-preserved ancient marvel also houses a small museum dedicated to Jordanian folk tradition.
Rebecca Byrne Added by Rebecca Byrne
Beirut, Lebanon

The Grudge (Al Ba’sa)

Beirut's thinnest building was the result of feuding brothers.
Added by Ashawnta
Liberec, Czechia

Hotel Ještěd

This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.
Added by baileyemeadows
Ubar, Oman

Ubar

Some claim these desert ruins are from the legendary "Atlantis of the Sands."
Max Cortesi Added by Max Cortesi
Samovodene, Bulgaria

Transfiguration Monastery

Outstanding, eerie frescoes and decorations fill this 19th-century monastery.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Qalhat, Oman

Bibi Maryam Mausoleum

This lonely tomb is all that remains of a once-bustling ancient trade hub visited by Marco Polo.
SamM Added by SamM
Stockholm, Sweden

HSB Paternoster lift

Stockholm's last remaining paternoster elevator.
CoolCrab Added by CoolCrab
Outer Hebrides, Scotland

Gearrannan Blackhouse Village

Spend the night in this formerly abandoned traditional Scottish village.
Added by dmonbman
Yazd, Iran

Yazd Atash Behram

The fire inside this temple has burned for more than 1,500 years.
Aksel Added by Aksel
São Miguel, Portugal

Violet Volcanic Tea

When Azorean green tea meets volcanic hot springs water, a luminous brew is born.
Reina Gattuso Added by Reina Gattuso
Ávila, Spain

Medieval Walls of Ávila

These magnificent city walls rise from the barren sun-baked Spanish plains like something straight out of a fairytale.
Monsieur Mictlan Added by Monsieur Mictlan
Stahovica, Slovenia

Velika Planina

An otherworldly alpine pasture with its own unique microculture that recalls Middle Earth.
Noah Charney Added by Noah Charney
Săpânța, Romania

The Merry Cemetery

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.
Dylan Added by Dylan
Timbuktu, Mali

Djingareyber Mosque

One of Western Africa's oldest mosques, this Timbuktu icon has stood for nearly 700 years.
micahspangler Added by micahspangler
Jiuquan, China

Mogao Caves

Hundreds of caves filled with thousands of centuries-old statues and murals.
Max Cortesi Added by Max Cortesi
Duzluk, Croatia

Ružica Grad

Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.
Mojo Dojo Added by Mojo Dojo
Choum, Mauritania

Mauritania Railway

Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.
Max Cortesi Added by Max Cortesi
New York, New York

Please Don't Tell

Dodge prohibitionists and slide through the telephone booth in Crif Dogs.
Oliver Hong Added by Oliver Hong
Marrakesh, Morocco

Jemaa el-Fna Square

Fortune tellers, snake charmers, poets, and storytellers all gather on this historic square in Morocco.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
Xcalacoop, Mexico

Cenote Ik-Kil

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.
Added by bljohnson
Gdańsk, Poland

Wisłoujście Fortress

This 700-year-old structure is one of the most unique architectural and historic monuments in Gdańsk.
ahvenas Added by ahvenas
Bakhchisaray, Crimea

Eski-Kermen Cave Town

One of the cave cities of Crimea, built by the Goths in the sixth century.
gjexcalibur Added by gjexcalibur
Zhangye Shi, China

Mati Si

Monks turned this mountain into a temple by digging grottoes, tunnels, and a huge pagoda-like hall.
Max Cortesi Added by Max Cortesi