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Nubia, Egypt

The Temple of Abu Simbel

Ozymandias’ time-keeping temple.
Jaipur, India

Jantar Mantar

The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.
Dublin, Ireland

The Long Room Library at Trinity College

The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.
Kazan, Russia

Temple of All Religions

This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.
Somalia

The Milky Seas

The world's largest bioluminescent area was undiscovered by science until 2005.
Copenhagen, Denmark

Nasothek Nose Collection

A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.
Edinburgh, Scotland

Remains of Dolly the Sheep

The taxidermy remains of the first mammal ever cloned from an adult cell are on display in Edinburgh.
Knoxville, Tennessee

William M. Bass Forensic Anthropology Center

Better known as the "Body Farm," this unique research facility has been studying how human bodies break down since the 1980s.
Aba, China

Huanglong Travertine Pools

Intensely colorful calcite pools in Southern China.
Munich, Germany

Jeweled Skeleton of Saint Munditia

The patron saint of spinsters grasps a container of dried blood.
Shibam, Yemen

Shibam

A city built from mud and known as the "Manhattan of the desert."
Namibia

Hoba Meteorite

The largest known meteorite on Earth was too big to move.
Turner, Oregon

Enchanted Forest

This charmingly homemade amusement park has been growing for 40 years.
Spanish Town, British Virgin Islands

The Baths

This huge pile of volcanic boulders hides a stunning network of secret grottoes.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Eastern State Penitentiary

World's first "penitentiary," meant to be humane, drove men insane.
Buenos Aires, Argentina

El Ateneo Grand Splendid

This historic, palatial theater is now one of the world’s most beautiful bookstores.
Baalbek, Lebanon

Baalbek Trilithon

The largest hewn stone in history.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mütter Museum

America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Hangzhou, China

Shi Cheng

China's very own Atlantis is an ornate dynastic city resting at the bottom of a lake.
Iceland

Kerið Crater Lake

This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.
Al Farafrah, Egypt

White Desert

An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.
Los Angeles, California

Bradbury Building

The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Yemen

Socotra Island

The most alien-looking place on Earth.
Madrid, Spain

Juan de la Cosa Map

The earliest known map to show America, discovered by accident at a Paris bookshop.