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Gyeongju, South Korea

Pink Muhly Grass

From mid-September to early November, dreamy fields of pink muhly grass spring up all over South Korea.
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Purcell-Cutts House

A notable example of Prairie School architecture that disregarded Victorian concepts about room divisions and featured a long, narrow floor plan.
Krakow, Poland

Abecadło

A 19th-century pharmacy converted into a bookstore.
Seattle, Washington

The Intersection of Bellevue, Bellevue, and Bellevue

Meet me at the most confusing intersection in Seattle.
Hobart, Australia

'Footsteps Towards Freedom'

Three women and a 10-year-old boy are immortalized in this sculpture memorializing the 13,000 women and children convicts sent to Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) between 1803 and 1853.
Henderson, Nevada

Heritage Street

Clark County Museum has created an entire street of historically important buildings relocated from various other locations within the county.
Lyon, France

Saint Exupéry Monument

This statue stands in honor of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the French author of 'The Little Prince' and an aviation hero.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Cascata Diamantina (Diamantina Waterfall)

A hidden and beautiful waterfall in middle of one of the biggest urban forests of the world.
Počitelj, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Old Town Počitelj

This fortified town dating back to the 1400s is often described as an open-air museum and is a protected National Monument of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Devon, England

Wistman's Wood

This tangled English forest looks like something right out of a fairytale.
Tacoma, Washington

Point Defiance Slides

Slip in a slide while waiting for the ferry.
Lahore, Pakistan

Shahi Hammam

A perfectly restored 17th-century hammam in the heart of Lahore.
Copenhagen, Denmark

Happy City Birds Mural

Famous for his giant trolls, Thomas Dambo's lesser-known early work is a creative 3D mural with sustainable birdhouses.
Görlitz, Germany

Görlitz Synagoge

One of the few German synagogues to survive the Kristallnacht pogrom has been beautifully restored.
Gilgit, Pakistan

Buddha De Yasheni

Time and local lore colluded to turn this fear-defeating Buddha into a man-eating demon.
Mossel Bay, South Africa

The Model Shipyard

A custom shop making factory that produces models for collectors and movies.
Nessebar, Bulgaria

Hagia Sophia Church

This fifth-century church is one of the oldest Christian sites in the Balkans.
Thunder Bay, Ontario

Porphyry Point Lighthouse

Live your lighthouse keeper dreams at this unique lodging on a Canadian island.
Hunza Nagar, Pakistan

Haldeikish

These boulders bear testimony to thousands of years of cultural exchange along this trading route.
Le Morne, Mauritius

Underwater 'Waterfall'

Dive into an undersea optical illusion off the coast of Mauritius.
Piran, Slovenia

Sečovlje Saltpans Natural Park

Workers have collected salt here in a process virtually unchanged since the Middle Ages.
Nessebar, Bulgaria

Lake Atanasovsko

One of the world’s only pink lakes where it's possible to take a dip.
Lehmja, Estonia

Lehmja Oak Forest

An ancient oak forest where, legend has it, a wedding party was magically transformed into trees.
Nessebar, Bulgaria

Church of St. Stephen

Step inside this medieval Orthodox gem and travel back to the 16th century.