This water tower slanted at an uncomfortable angle off the old Route 66 was an ingenious marketing ploy.

This workshop and small museum is dedicated to tiny, delicate figurines that began as a subversive craft after the French Revolution.

A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.

A miniature diorama that recounts the brilliant stories of author and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol.

During the solar phenomenon "Lahaina Noon" this bendy, curvy sculpture forms a perfectly circular shadow on the ground.

A public park off the beaten path with a beautiful waterfall and 13th century Cistercian abbey.

An "inside out" building in the historical center of Paris, featuring Europe’s largest modern art museum.

One of the largest ochre quarries in the world, hidden in a limestone landscape.

A piece of India inside a piece of Bangladesh inside a piece of India inside a piece of Bangladesh.

Twenty churches beautifully painted by 19th-century Czech and German immigrants in Texas.

San Francisco's most expensive hotel suite includes a secret passageway rumored to have been used by JFK.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

Within the Saudi Arabian desert lies a 2,000-year-old ghost town made of stone and mud.

A cozy cafe tells the remarkable story of how one man started with a little red paperclip and wound up with an entire house.

This ancient Hindu temple is covered in thousands of colorful statues and has a long mythological history.

This magnificent blue mosque in Afghanistan is surrounded by thousands of white doves.

This giant underground cave chamber can only be accessed through a small opening at the top.

A butcher shop in Minneapolis has all the meats and cheeses you’d expect from any of its kind—except that all the products are vegan.

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The Rio Lerma (Chignahuapan) in El Salto, Mexico, is one of the most polluted rivers in the world. It’s covered in white foam, and falling in can kill.

Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.

This vertical pinnacle in China was the inspiration for the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”

The Bloemen Route, or “Flower Route”, stretches 25 miles through prime Dutch tulip country as a result of “tulip mania,” the world’s first economic bubble.

This supermarket in Shanghai appears to be a typical Chinese convenience store, but all of the bottles are empty and all the containers are filled with nothing but air.