Discover Parque Lage in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Beautiful public park off the beaten path and away from tourists.
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Glowing Termite Mounds of Emas National Park
Discover Glowing Termite Mounds of Emas National Park in Vila de São Jorge, Brazil: These termites have an large and deadly abode—impressive by day, dazzling by night.
Gruta Do Lago Azul: The Blue Lake Grotto
Discover Gruta Do Lago Azul: The Blue Lake Grotto in Bonito, Brazil: Part of one of the largest flooded cavities on the planet, and littered with prehistoric animal bones.
Largo do Boticário
Discover Largo do Boticário in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: Crumbling remnant of Rio's colonial past tucked behind Corcovado mountain in the neighborhood of Cosme Velho.
Ever Heard of the Texas Woofus?
The mythical chimera first sculpted in 1936 is a mix of Texas livestock.
The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading
Discover The Royal Portuguese Cabinet of Reading in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: This stunning Brazilian library contains the largest collection of Portuguese texts outside of Portugal itself.
The Abandoned Mansion of a Former Basketball Player
Ken Norman's elaborate former home is now a ghost of its old glory.
Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House Museum
Discover Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade Watch House Museum in Spanish Battery, England: A collection of maritime artifacts from the world's first volunteer life brigade.
Banganga Tank
Discover Banganga Tank in Mumbai, India: Tucked in Mumbai’s wealthiest neighborhood is one of the city’s oldest and most sacred sites: a temple complex believed to house the waters of the Ganges.
Neuropathology Brain Museum
Discover Neuropathology Brain Museum in Bengaluru, India: India’s only Brain Museum displays over 200 fascinating ways that your brain might kill you.
A Hungarian Village Where Wooden Boats Mark The Dead
Hundreds of carved boat-shaped headstones with human faces fill the Szatmárcseke Calvinist Cemetery.
A Line of Blue Paint Marks the Route of the Inaugural Parade
To keep the parade lined up, a thin blue line is painted down the center of Pennsylvania Avenue.
World’s Largest Cowboy Boots
Discover World's Largest Cowboy Boots in San Antonio, Texas: These boots are made for selfies.
Cemetery Beach
Discover Cemetery Beach in Tingloy, Philippines: Nearly 100 concrete graves lie hidden just beyond the pristine waters along the coast.
Victoria Police Museum
Discover Victoria Police Museum in Melbourne, Australia: Unusual finds in this shrine to local law enforcement include a 19th-century vampire-slaying kit.
Gadsby’s Tavern
Discover Gadsby's Tavern in Alexandria, Virginia: This colonial tavern played host to George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and other famous early Americans.
Supersense
Discover Supersense in Vienna, Austria: A neo-Gothic mansion now houses a wunderkammer of analog tech that hits on all the senses.
Fire Services Museum of Victoria
Discover Fire Services Museum of Victoria in East Melbourne, Australia: A firefighting museum housed in a historic station whose Lookout Tower watches over Melbourne.
The Abandoned Ruins of a Failed French Antarctic Colony
Discover Port Couvreux in French Southern and Antarctic Lands: Scattered ruins and a tiny cemetery are all that remain of a failed attempt to colonize the inhospitable Desolate Islands.
World War II Oil Storage Tunnels
The war ended before these tunnels built to protect oil from Japanese bombs were ever used.