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Nahoum and Sons

This Jewish bakery, among the last in the region, sells legendary sweets from a century-old storefront.

Reina Gattuso

Added by Reina Gattuso

Pyrgi

This medieval "painted village" is famous for its geometric facades.

SamM

Mesopotamos, Greece

Necromanteion of Ephyra

Ancient Greek oracle of the dead.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

Federal Way, Washington

Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden

This 22-acre botanical garden is home to the largest collection of rhododendrons in the world.

LittleEarthlingFamily

Added by LittleEarthlingFamily

Lekki Conservation Center

This Nigerian nature reserve is home to the longest canopy walkway in Africa.

jessemiers

Added by jessemiers

Ajanta Caves

Rock-cut cave complex filled with ancient Buddhist artwork.

serflac

Added by serflac

Cornwall, England

Lost Gardens of Heligan

400-year-old garden, restored to beauty.

serflac

Added by serflac

Cornwall, England

St Michael's Mount

A island reachable by a causeway at low tide is possibly one of the earliest Western European locations to be identified in text.

Cornwall, England

Restormel Castle

The ruins of an 11th-century Norman castle with a rare, perfectly circular shape.

mariellen

Added by mariellen

Chitradurga, India

Chitradurga Fort

This sprawling stronghold has been at the center of some of South India's bloodiest wars.

Added by vijayhm

Dinosaur Fossil Park and Museum

The village where the park and museum are located is also the third-biggest hatchery of dinosaurs discovered.

Voyager

Added by Voyager

Murud Janjira fort

A nearly unconquerable island-fort in the Indian Ocean.

Mahabalipuram, India

Krishna's Butter Ball

This precariously balanced boulder is said to be a hunk of stolen butter dropped by the gods.

Added by claude chappe

South Park Street Cemetery

An eclectic mix of influences rot together in harmony in this India necropolis.

Added by Vordenius

Karni Mata Temple

Deep in the Thar desert, a temple crawling with thousands of holy rats.

Edurudona, India

Thimmamma Marrimanu

The world's largest banyan tree is followed by a community of worshippers.

lewblank

Added by lewblank

Hawa Mahal (Palace of Winds)

The 953 windows undoubtedly make this the world's most beautiful screened porch.

Lysa Hora (Bald Mountain)

This hill is known for its connection to the occult in Slavic tradition.

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Gabinetto Segreto

The once forbidden "secret cabinet" of erotic art from excavations of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black

MUSA Anatomy Museum

This Neapolitan exhibition hall grants weird and wonderful insight into the intricacies of human biology.

Added by Rachel Gould

Catacombs of Saint Gaudiosus

The burial place of an obscure North African saint was turned into a macabre body preservation factory for the 17th-century Neapolitan elite.

Joel Cusumano

Added by Joel Cusumano

Catacombs of San Gennaro

An underground paleo-Christian burial site composed of the remains of several cemeteries and Basilicas.

Lily Landes

Added by Lily Landes

Toledo Art Station

This shining multicolored metro station deep under Naples is said to be the most beautiful in Europe.

StepYoshi

Added by StepYoshi

Fontanelle Cemetery Caves

Skulls from the plague of 1656 and World War II bombings are united by a cult dedicated to caring for the ancient dead.

Annetta Black

Added by Annetta Black