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The former home of the Nobel Prize-winning American writer is now home to dozens of six-toed cats.

A monument celebrating the idea of reaching inaccessible places.

This colonial town in Colombia sits around the largest stone paved square in South America.

This whimsical home made entirely from clay is basically a giant piece of pottery.

Cathedral carved out of salt, located a mile below the earth's surface.

A celebration of Colombia’s premier contemporary artist.

Pilgrims each carried a brick to the top of Mount Monserrate to help build this historic sanctuary in Colombia.

Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.

Clap your hands at the base of the pyramid, and the song of a sacred Mayan bird will echo through the air.

A magical sinkhole on the Yucatán Peninsula is adorned with mini waterfalls and hanging vines.

The only swimming pool listed on the National Register of Historic Places is emptied and refilled each day with naturally filtered water.

A local student's chance encounter with Keith Haring led to the creation of one of Europe's largest murals.

An underwater statue of Christ blesses the depths off Key Largo.

An eclectic art form practiced by untrained masters is celebrated at this museum in the heart of Zagreb's old Upper Town.

When a supermarket opened up shop within a medieval building it became protected by UNESCO on a technicality.

Formerly Yugoslavia's "forbidden island," this sleepy little city still holds the abandoned remains of military strongholds.

A chain of 16 wondrous lakes formed as a result of the gradual dissolution of soluble layers of bedrock.

An ethereal glowing blue ocean cave in Croatia.

This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.

Over 120,000 curious objects that have shaped our modern world.

Former villa and estate of James Deering developed to preserve native tropical forests.

A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.

Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.