In Namibia there is an installation that explores the intertwined linguistics and existential beliefs of an imaginary community.

The world's first and only natural nuclear reactor.

The world's largest church atop a political fault line.

The last remaining site of Yoruba worship of the fertility goddess.

Dozens of snakes are housed and worshipped within the walls of this Vodun temple.

The unexpectedly beloved remnants of a controversial thermal power plant.

This mineral lake known for its healing powers is so buoyant it's been dubbed the "Dead Sea of Canada."

An abandoned resort in North Macedonia is a relic from the Communist Party of Yugoslavia.

The best place to encounter plants and animals that can only be found in New Caledonia.

An abandoned colonial French prison notorious for its hellish conditions.

This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.

In this pristine Ecuadorian hippie town, residents remain active well into their eighties and nineties.

An Ecuadorian haberdashery that sets the record straight about the so-called "Panama" hat.

An elaborate shrine dedicated to the four corners of the world unfortunately misses its mark.

Building this tragically pointless stone barrier cost the lives of the prisoners made to build it.

A quirky house created entirely out of glass bottles combines a collector's spirit with an artist's flair.

What might be the largest completely Jewish town in the world outside of Israel now faces dwindling numbers and empty streets.

How this choice of tombstone came to be is still a mystery.

This remote sandstone cliff has one of the richest collections of Livonian petroglyph marks.

A painted tribute to an ancient Egyptian king lurks along a stretch of Scottish shore.

These eight mummies are the best-preserved human remains ever discovered in North America.

This natural hill rose another 130 feet from the debris and rubble added after World War II.

An exquisite example of Uyghur Islamic architecture.

A fantastical 13th-century fortification sandwiched by a modern hotel in central Brussels.