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Big Pine Key, Florida

Blue Hole

The largest freshwater lake in the Florida Keys.
Rennes-le-Château, France

Rennes-Le-Château

French commune at the heart of conspiracies.
Rouen, France

Aitre St. Maclou

An ancient ossuary in Rouen.
Alberobello, Italy

Alberobello

Southern Italy's spinning top village.
Aswan, Egypt

Unfinished Obelisk

The largest known Ancient Egyptian obelisk.
Conques, France

St. Foy’s Golden Reliquary

The huge golden reliquary of a testicle-smashing saint.
Bremen, Germany

House of the Glockenspiel

Böttcherstraße's bells, extolling Nordic virtues and the great conquerors of the world.
Qesm Saint Katrin, Egypt

St. Catherine's Monastery

Charnel house at the foot of Mount Sinai.
Brussels, Belgium

Jeanneke Pis

Brussels' favorite peeing boy has a sister.
Kemer, Turkey

Olympos Coastal National Park (Çıralı)

Roman ruins, natural methane fires and a lovely beach.
Mbour, Senegal

Fadiouth Shell Island

An island made out of shells, including a cemetery.
Carnac, France

Carnac Stones

Hundreds of prehistoric stones, arranged in perfect lines in a French field.
Kunene Region, Namibia

Twyfelfontein

Ancient artists in the middle of nowhere.
Namibia

Welwitschia

Bizarre living fossil only grows in a small chunk of the Namib Desert.
Beveren, Belgium

The Doomed City of Doel

This ghost town in Belgium will lose its street art when it ceases to exist.
Ngong Ping, Hong Kong

Tian Tan Buddha

Climb to the top of the world's largest seated bronze Buddha.
Davenport, Australia

Devil's Marbles

Clusters of huge boulders in the Australian Outback.
Vienna, Austria

Wiener Pestsäule (Vienna Plague Column)

Baroque celebration of the end of the Great Plague of Vienna.
Riga, Latvia

Riga Central Market

3,000 market stands in five former Zeppelin hangars.
Iceland

Svartifoss

The unique waterfall in Iceland's south features a backdrop of geometric black lava columns.
Riga, Latvia

Black Cat of Riga

A black cat protests the City Guild in Riga's Old Town.
Iceland

Jökulsárlón

Iceland's largest lagoon is home to stunning multi-colored icebergs.
Berlin, Germany

Pergamon Museum

The most visited, and possibly most controversial, museum in Germany.
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Oudekerksplein

This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.