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Gokdepe, Turkmenistan

Köw Ata Underground Lake

This cavernous swimming spot doubles as a home to the largest known colony of bats in Central Asia.
Added by Tawsam
Dargavs, Russia

Dargavs Village

This ancient village and its adjoining cemetery have a beautiful history of death and remembrance.
Added by ekoptev
Tbilisi, Georgia

The Iveria

Luxury hotel turned into a refugee camp, then turned back into a luxury hotel.
Added by Tawsam
Moscow, Russia

Twin Stars Diner

This Russian diner is staffed entirely by twins.
Added by historynerdxl
Varginha, Brazil

Nave Espacial de Varginha

This spacecraft-shaped water tower is only a part of the mysterious UFO mania in this Brazilian town.
Added by Alpha
El-Saf, Egypt

City of the Dead

An endless sea of white conical domes.
Added by Tawsam
Grytviken, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

The Grave of Ernest Shackleton

Final resting place of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton.
PaperTiger Added by PaperTiger
Yemen

Socotra Island

The most alien-looking place on Earth.
tralfamadore Added by tralfamadore
Shibam, Yemen

Shibam

A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."
michelle Added by michelle

Bir Tawil

Land that belongs to no nation.
ProfessorElliot Added by ProfessorElliot
Suakin, Sudan

Suakin Island Ruins

Remains of an abandoned coral city.
serflac Added by serflac
Shendi, Sudan

Meroe Pyramids

These Nubian pyramids are strange and unique, even by pyramid standards.
Bouvet Island

Bouvet Island

This uninhabited volcanic island is the most remote in the world.
Added by cathar
Lalibela, Ethiopia

Bete Giyorgis of Lalibela

An Ethiopian "Jerusalem" featuring a church hewn out of a single rock.
Tristan da Cunha

Tristan da Cunha

The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.
serflac Added by serflac
Malindi, Kenya

Gedi Ruins

Abandoned city hidden from the world by tropical forest and isolation on the coast of Kenya.
Beira, Mozambique

Grande Hotel of Beira

Once living up to its name as the grandest hotel in all of Africa, the Grande Hotel is now home to a community of squatters.
Rachel Added by Rachel
Nieu-Bethesda, South Africa

Owl House

Sculpture park built by a 50-year-old widow.
Namibia

Kolmanskop Ghost Town

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.
michelle Added by michelle
Namibia

Welwitschia

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.
atimian Added by atimian
Windhoek, Namibia

Namibia's Space Ball

Welded sphere dropped from space.
atimian Added by atimian
Gadamis, Libya

Ghadames

A beautiful oasis town dating back to the Roman period still serves as reprieve from the brutal summer sun in Libya.
serflac Added by serflac
Province de Tinghir, Morocco

Todra Gorge

One of the most spectacular canyons in the world.
nbj914 Added by nbj914
Mounana, Gabon

Oklo Reactor

The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.
Added by Alpha