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Almeida, Portugal

Fortress of Almeida

The medieval town's star-shaped walls are geometrically dazzling, though not entirely impenetrable.
Added by RakB
Santa Luzia, Portugal

Cemetery of Anchors

Dead weights honor the dead of Portugal's fishing industry.
Michael Inscoe Added by Michael Inscoe
Horten, Norway

Bastøy Prison

Once the scene of a young boy's home in revolt, this Norwegian island is now home to the world's first "ecological" prison.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Bouvet Island

Bouvet Island

This uninhabited volcanic island is the most remote in the world.
Added by cathar
Coimbra, Portugal

Portugal dos Pequenitos

The "Little Ones," show Portugal in full miniature splendor.
São Miguel, Portugal

Chapel of Nossa Senhora das Vitórias

This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.
Blindcolour Added by Blindcolour
Tristan da Cunha

Tristan da Cunha

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

The World’s Shortest International Bridge

You can cross from one country to another in a single hop on this little bridge.
Obscuro Added by Obscuro
Bangkok, Thailand

Nightingale-Olympic

Time-frozen department store of dangerous and dusty relics.
pilastr Added by pilastr
Bangkok, Thailand

Goddess Tuptim Shrine

A forest of phallic offerings found in a quiet corner of a hotel car park.
Lunarsynthesis Added by Lunarsynthesis
Bangkok, Thailand

Amulet Market

Bangkok's men with dangerous jobs come here in search of protective talismans.
littlebrumble Added by littlebrumble
Bangkok, Thailand

Bangkok's Ghost Tower: The Sathorn Unique

On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.
katiebaker4 Added by katiebaker4
Gorongosa, Mozambique

The Lion House

When humans abandoned this safari lodge, the lions took over.
Added by meganodonnell
Namibia

Tropic of Capricorn Crossing

Road signs in Namibia mark the location of one of the five major circles of latitude.
Elaine Added by Elaine
Kunene Region, Namibia

Twyfelfontein

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.
Added by jhamburger
Namibia

Welwitschia

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

Fairy Circles of Southern Africa

Unexplained bald patches in the landscape grow and recede over time, as though they are somehow alive.
Mark Casey Added by Mark Casey
Sossusvlei, Namibia

Dead Vlei

This "dead marsh" sits among the largest sand dunes in the world, a forest frozen in time.
Added by kwinb
Namibia

Namib Sand Sea

A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.
Allison Added by Allison
Namibia

Kolmanskop Ghost Town

The remains of diamond fever taken over by the desert.
michelle Added by michelle
Santo Amaro, Portugal

Santa Cruz da Graciosa Bullring

This Portuguese bullring is built right into the caldera of an island volcano.
Added by ruibernardino
Pico, Portugal

Mount Pico

As the highest point in the Mid-Atlantic range this stratovolcano offers spectacular views.
Added by HerkJason
Portugal

Igreja de Vera Cruz de Marmelar

A chunk of the "true cross" is held in this small Portuguese church where modern day exorcisms are said to be common place.
Pavia, Portugal

Anta de Pavia

Pagan monument converted to Christianity with the population.
serflac Added by serflac