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Earth Pyramids of Platten

These delicate sand pyramids look like naturally occurring gothic spires.

Museo Geominero

Earth's rocky history has rarely glittered so brightly as it does in this Spanish museum.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Kawasaki, Japan

Ajinomoto MSG Factory

One of the largest producers of MSG in the world welcomes visitors to its Kawasaki factory with an albino panda named Aji-Kun.

Janglish Jerry

Added by Janglish Jerry

Port Jervis, New York

The Hawks Nest

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.

katetruisi

Added by katetruisi

Costa Mesa, California

California Scenario

A small sculpture garden that provides a microcosmic representation of California.

Added by jessicarockwell

Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage Light Speed Planet Walk

A high school astronomy enthusiast designed this model of our solar system to be traversed on foot.

littlebrumble

Added by littlebrumble

Flagler Beach, Florida

Bulow Plantation Ruins

The ruins of this antebellum sugar plantation are the end result of a Seminole attack during the Florida Wars of 1836.

Added by brickhound

Inn Wa, Myanmar (Burma)

Inwa

A grand imperial capital left to fall into magnificent ruin.

leiris

Added by leiris

Chiang Mai, Thailand

The World Museum of Insects and Natural Wonders

This extensive collection of dead bugs may be the world's most idiosyncratic and personal insect museum.

Traci

Rilski manastir, Bulgaria

Rila Monastery

This historic black and white monastery is one of Bulgaria's architectural jewels.

dtheodora

Added by dtheodora

Olympia, Washington

Bordeaux, Washington

The remains of a former logging boom town, crumbled away in the forest.

rebeccavalley

Added by rebeccavalley

Barcelona, Spain

Park Güell

Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.

leiris

Added by leiris

Lakewood, Colorado

Casa Bonita

At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.

Added by sparepart23

Altoona, Pennsylvania

Leap-The-Dips

Behold the rickety wooden glory of the world's oldest operating roller coaster.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany

Jeweled Skeletons of the Fürstenfeld Abbey

These blingy, baubled skeletons lie in glass boxes inside a baroque Bavarian church.

pieofthemonth

Added by pieofthemonth

Homestead Crater

This geothermal hot spring hides beneath a slowly growing mineral dome.

Added by gailberg

Thule, Greenland

Infrasound Station IS18

Neither bomb blasts nor heartbeats escape the giant ears of this super sci-fi Arctic outpost.

Dylan

Nordkapp, Norway

North Cape

At the very tippity-top of Europe is a cliff from which you can view the midnight sun.

mariellealien

Added by mariellealien

Colón Cemetery

In terms of history and architecture, this is one of the most remarkable cemeteries in the world.

vturiserra

Added by vturiserra

Manchester, England

Mayfield Railway Station

Manchester's abandoned train depot lingers in a post-industrial purgatory.

Dylan

Taunggyi, Myanmar (Burma)

Shwe Indein Pagoda

A vast, otherworldly collection of Buddhist stupas.

leiris

Added by leiris

São Paulo, Brazil

Castelinho da Rua Apa

Striking ruins of a mansion that stood center stage in one of modern Brazil's most puzzling crimes.

Dylan

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Pivot Rock Park

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

Added by Ang Harv

Claiborne County, Mississippi

Windsor Ruins

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

Quotia Zelda

Added by Quotia Zelda