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Kemi, Finland

Kemi Snow Castle

This fantastical icy castle is built anew every winter.
atimian Added by atimian
Saariselkä, Finland

Kakslauttanen Arctic Resort

Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.
Added by akornblatt
Rovaniemi, Finland

Santa Claus' Main Post Office

Roughly 17 million letters to Santa have found their way to this Arctic Circle post office.
Ashbourne, England

Royal Shrovetide Football Match

This wild game of "football" between two sections of an English town has been staged every year for countless centuries.
Added by ThomasSchneider62
Gansbaai, South Africa

Shark Cage Diving in Gansbaai

An odd little fishing town that is inundated by tourists looking to be locked up in a cage and surrounded by great white sharks, because why not?
Added by quixoticsemiotic
Bahamas

Nurse Sharks of Compass Cay

They squeal, they nosh, they look like predators.
Added by brettyoung
Auvers-sur-Oise, France

Grave of Vincent and Theo van Gogh

The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.
Christine Williamson Added by Christine Williamson
Chumkopó, Mexico

Cenote Angelita

A flooded Mexican cave that hides a river beneath the water.
KirstenCunningham Added by KirstenCunningham
Dzitnup, Mexico

Cenote Xkeken

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.
serflac Added by serflac
Rochor, Sri Lanka

Adam's Peak

Once thought to be the Garden of Eden it holds a holy footprint claimed to belong to Adam, Buddha and Shiva.
Added by Brook WilenskyLanford
Myers Flat, Australia

The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace

Largest Buddha carved from gemstone-quality jade in the world, on a world tour through 2011.
canuck Added by canuck
Brasília, Brazil

Cathedral of Brasília

A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.
Tony Dunnell Added by Tony Dunnell
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading

This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.
EricGrundhauser Added by EricGrundhauser
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Parque Lage

Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro Cathedral

This massive Brazilian church is built like an angular, technicolor pyramid left by Mayans from the future.
racheldoyle Added by racheldoyle
Binche, Belgium

Carnival of Binche

The tiny Belgian town's ancient version of Mardi Gras involves eerie wax masks, sticks for warding off evil, and ostrich plume hats.
philoursmars Added by philoursmars
Chedglow, England

Colin's Barn

Colin Stokes "got a bit carried away" and built a castle that looks like something out of Tolkien.
AaronNetsky Added by AaronNetsky
Puerto Inca, Peru

The Boiling River of the Amazon

This scalding hot river was thought to be a myth until one geoscientist made it his quest to study the mystical waters.
Lauren J Young Added by Lauren J Young
Paris, France

Le Chat Noir Collection

Original cabaret handbills, posters, and feline artwork are a purrfect highlight of the Museum of Montmartre.
satxwdavis Added by satxwdavis
Paris, France

Argonaute Submarine

The Argonaute submarine was the French navy's pride and joy in the 1950's.
katiebaker4 Added by katiebaker4
Paris, France

Jean-Paul Marat's Bathtub at Musée Grévin

A magical, macabre wax museum, beloved by locals, uses real artifacts to depict an assassination from the French Revolution.
rogerbcn Added by rogerbcn
Paris, France

36 Rue Saint Sulpice

An unusual number plate signifies the building's saucy past.
Laetitia Barbier Added by Laetitia Barbier
Paris, France

Musée Edith Piaf

This museum in a Paris apartment gives a unique look at the iconic French singer's life.
Added by Ashawnta
Paris, France

The One-Two-Two

This innocuous-seeming building is actually the remnant of a major wartime brothel.