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quiubosimone

Artist / Writer / Teacher. Will rapidly and alarmingly pull over for cool plants, colourful rocks, cemeteries, and megaliths.

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Fragas do Eume

This enchanting natural park is a magical example of a temperate rainforest in Europe.

Pasatempo

Added by Pasatempo

Mexico City, Mexico

Coatlicue Statue

Come face to face with the ferocious visage of the serpent-headed mother goddess of the Aztecs.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Zurich, Switzerland

Oepfelchammer

A 200-year-old tavern challenges guests to finish a glass of wine while hanging from a ceiling beam.

Added by ThomasSchneider62

Littlefield, Arizona

Glitter Mountain

This old selenite mine is dotted with tiny crystals that make it shimmer like it's covered in glitter.

Added by kysamijumi

Antananarivo, Madagascar

Parc de Tsarasaotra

See hundreds of herons and egrets in the heart of the city in this dreamy hidden park.

Added by sirmaxthebrave

Iglesia Santa Maria del Naranco

The atmospheric ruins of a historic church can be found on a hill above the city of Oviedo.

Monsieur Mictlan

Added by Monsieur Mictlan

Auckland, New Zealand

Symonds Street Cemetery

One of Auckland's oldest cemeteries was partially demolished during the construction of a major highway in the 1960s.

SamM

Rotterdam, Netherlands

The Polaroid

An enormous Polaroid picture adds an artistic flair to Rotterdam.

CoolCrab

Added by CoolCrab

Home of the Brave

Within the former ghost town of Cisco is a carefully restored tiny town with one resident and its own art residency.

Evan Nicole Brown

Added by Evan Nicole Brown

Mexcaltitán de Uribe, Mexico

Mexicaltitán de Uribe

Legend says this tiny ancient island is the lost ancestral homeland of the Aztecs.

Added by krjohnsonjr

Stonecrest, Georgia

Arabia Mountain

Like Mars, but much closer.

mthurman52

Added by mthurman52

Molson, Washington

Okanogan Highland Ghost Towns

This former mining hub holds a surprising abundance of undisturbed relics from the Old West.

John Hieger

Added by John Hieger

Decatur, Georgia

Crowley Mausoleum

Developers built a Walmart around one family's plot and constructed a mausoleum in the parking lot.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Soviet Dacha

This frozen-in-time summer home outside Moscow provides a look at Russian life in the 1950s.

Added by NadiaMoscow

Melnikov House

The avant-garde design was able to bypass strict Soviet regulations on architecture.

ahvenas

Added by ahvenas

Tuscumbia, Alabama

Rattlesnake Saloon

You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.

Reina Gattuso

Added by Reina Gattuso

Dolores Hidalgo, Mexico

Mausoleum of José Alfredo Jiménez

A tomb in the shape of a traditional Mexican hat and shawl for the father of modern rancheras.

EdgarMedina

Added by EdgarMedina

San Francisco, California

Clarion Alley

This one-block alleyway is stuffed with street art that is colorful, cultural, and intensely political.

cguttery

Added by cguttery

Louisville, Kentucky

The Witches' Tree

Locals place their offerings on this nightmarish gnarled tree so the witches won't summon another storm.

J Ginsberg

Added by J Ginsberg

Tambon Tham Lot, Thailand

Tham Lod Cave

A mile-long navigable cave adorned with stalactites and stalagmites reaching up to 65 feet tall.

Max Cortesi

Added by Max Cortesi

Troutdale, Oregon

Tad’s Chicken ’n Dumplins

This old-fashioned roadhouse's quirky neon sign is as famous as its enormous dumplings.

Reina Gattuso

Added by Reina Gattuso

Sheroes' Hangout

This small cafe aims to empower acid attack victims and stop violence against women in India.

Nikki Vargas

Added by Nikki Vargas

Kuwait City, Kuwait

Kuwait Water Towers

Kuwait City's uniquely designed water towers look straight out of a retro sci-fi cityscape.

Tony Dunnell

Added by Tony Dunnell

Mecca, California

Dos Palmas and San Andreas Springs

These lush groves of fan palms rise up like oases out of southern California's Colorado Desert.

jessicahester1

Added by jessicahester1