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Andrea IX

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Khalid Nabi Cemetery

Iranian tombstones shaped like male and female sexual organs.

serflac

Added by serflac

Tomb of Daniel

Burial site of a Jewish prophet revered in Iran.

Added by Facebook1718873898

Pigeon Towers of Iran

These little castles each held thousands of pigeons.

Dylan

Tomb of Cyrus

This ancient burial site is believed to be one of the first earthquake-protected structures in the world.

Added by scratchcard

Shooshtar, Iran

Shushtar Historical Hydraulic System

This beautiful system of tunnels built into natural rock serves as a centuries old plumbing system.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Troglodyte Village of Kandovan

Modern-day cave dwellers carve elaborate homes out of volcanic debris.

nbj914

Added by nbj914

Namakdan Salt Cave

One of the world's largest salt caves is filled with fragile salt sculptures, salt rivers, and huge salt megadomes.

Salt Men of Iran

Salt cured mummies continue to turn up in this Iranian mine.

Dylan

Zoroastrian Towers of Silence

Putrefaction plateaus in Iran, where the dead were sent for decontamination before going to their final resting place.

rogerbcn

Added by rogerbcn

Museo Santxotena

Eccentric sculpture garden brings Basque mythology to life.

serflac

Added by serflac

Săpânța, Romania

The Merry Cemetery

A countryside Romanian cemetery filled with colorful crosses bearing lyrical, ironic, or satirical rhymes.

Dylan

Çanakkale, Turkey

Troy

This famous city eluded concrete detection until the early 2000's.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Zhangjiajie, China

Tianmen Skywalk

For those with no fear of heights: a skywalk 4,700 feet up on a Chinese mountain.

Zugarramurdi, Spain

Museo de las Brujas (Witches Museum)

A museum dedicated to the Spanish occult in a town that was terrorized by the Inquisition.

serflac

Added by serflac

Whittingham, England

Whittingham Hospital

This hospital once pioneered the use of electroencephalograms, but fell into maltreatment, abuse, and eventual abandonment.

Added by cinapelayo

Gryfino, Poland

Crooked Forest

Countless stories attempt to explain Poland's mysterious J-shaped trees.

serflac

Added by serflac

Booming Dunes of Badain Jaran Desert

The tallest stationary dunes on Earth also happen to sing.

Added by CPilgrim

Dresden, Germany

Kunsthofpassage Singing Drain Pipes

When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.

Josh

Meškuičių seniūnija, Lithuania

Hill of Crosses

An old hill fort covered in over 100,000 crosses is a symbol of Lithuanian nationalism and beliefs.

ronin

Burnley, England

The Singing Ringing Tree

A metal tree emits eerie, melodic notes on top of Lancashire's Crown Point.

Added by renakaba

Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts

Singing Beach at Manchester-By-The-Sea

Friction between grains of sand cause a curious "singing" sound.

treeswithknees

Added by treeswithknees

Sequoia National Park, California

General Sherman

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Morristown, Tennessee

The 'Evil Dead' Cabin

All that's left of the quintessential "cabin in the woods."

Joey Freshwater

Added by Joey Freshwater

Edinburgh, Scotland

The Royal Botanic Gardens of Edinburgh

One of the oldest scientific gardens in Britain, containing more than 13,302 plant species in its core collection.

Laetitia Barbier

Added by Laetitia Barbier