Travel

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Centuries of history and miracles: the beautiful Laorca Cemetery

2 years ago Anya016

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Viareggio: a statue for Ettore, the cat friend of fishermen

2 years ago Danilo G.

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Fairy Rock, the place where according to local legends fairies used to dance in the moonlight and invite handsome young men into their grottoes ~

2 years ago Leo S

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• Myths and Legends

The legend of the ghost playing the bagpipe at Edinburgh Castle

2 years ago Adam

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Tarpeian Rock: in the early Roman empire, people deemed traditors and criminals were tossed to their deaths from this rock

2 years ago Danilo G.

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Fairy Steps, the legendary stone steps that were once used to haul coffins up the rockface ~

2 years ago Leo S

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Katzenbalgen, the Monument to Homeless Cats

2 years ago Pavel

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Nine Ladies stone circle and their King Stone

2 years ago Nathan

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Hanoi’s Train Street: twice a day a speeding train passes only inches from the homes of this residential neighborhood.

2 years ago Nathan

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Drangurinn Rock and the Elves in South-Iceland Folklore

2 years ago Nathan

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• Lighthouses of the world

Ballycotton Lighthouse, one of only two black lighthouses in Ireland

2 years ago Nathan

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• Extras

Meikleour Beech Hedge: the Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

2 years ago Robin

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Obake Kaidan: a flight of this “ghost staircase” has 40 steps on the way up, but only 39 steps on the way down….

2 years ago Nathan

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El Cañuelo: the small fort that played a huge role defending Puerto Rico’s capital city

2 years ago Robin

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Old City Wall of Berlin: the last remnants of a massive medieval wall that once encompassed the city

2 years ago Anya016

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The Stromatolites of Hamelin Pool – Australia

2 years ago Nathan

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Popeye Village: an abandoned set from the 1980 film claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.

2 years ago Ivan

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Catemaco: the witchcraft capital of Mexico

2 years ago Ivan

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England’s Bolton Strid: the most dangerous stretch of water in the world

2 years ago Leo S

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Pozzo del Diavolo: was this cave created by Hercules’s wrath, the devil, or volcanic activity?

2 years ago Ivan

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Dinosaur footprints at the Isle of Skye – Scotland

2 years ago Ivan

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• Lighthouses of the world

The leaning Lighthouse of Puerto Morelos, Mexico

2 years ago Ivan

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Chichen Itza Chirp: clapping at base of an ancient pyramid echoes the call of a sacred bird

2 years ago Robin

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• Lighthouses of the world

Roosevelt Island Lighthouse: a little lighthouse in New York surrounded by mysterious stories of insanity-driven construction

2 years ago Nathan

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Anundshög – the Sweden’s largest burial mound, allegedly belonging to a mythical king

2 years ago Ivan

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• Lighthouses of the world

Créac’h: the most powerful lighthouse in Europe

2 years ago Anya016

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Hyder: the easternmost town in Alaska that can only be accessed from Canada.

2 years ago Leo S

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Yangzhou Zhongshuge: this Chinese library’s interior is designed to look like an infinite tunnel of books

2 years ago Ivan

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• People, mysteries and stories

The curious folktale of Blowing Rock, North Carolina

2 years ago Leo S

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• Lighthouses of the world

Stiff lighthouse: the oldest lighthouse in Brittany that is still working

2 years ago Anya016

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Air Sinai: the ghost airline that has linked Cairo and Tel Aviv for decades

2 years ago Ivan

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Bangkok’s “David Beckham Temple”: one of the world’s weirdest religious buildings

2 years ago Robin

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Whitby Abbey: the gloomy ruins that inspired Bram Stoker to bring Dracula to life.

2 years ago Leo S

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Crater Lake: the deepest lake in the United States, and once the site of epic destruction that lives on in myth.

2 years ago Leo S

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• Lighthouses of the world

Tourlitis Lighthouse: The magical Greek Lighthouse

2 years ago Ivan

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• Lighthouses of the world

Svörtuloftsviti – Skálasnagaviti: a lighthouse in Iceland that boasts magnificent coastal views

2 years ago Robin

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The Aqueduct of Segovia, a glorious Roman heritage in Spain

2 years ago Nathan

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• Lighthouses of the world

Kallur Lighthouse and the magnificent Kalsoy – Faroe Islands

2 years ago Ivan

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Buford, Wyoming: Population 1 (and now zero)

2 years ago Leo S

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Torre Argentina – the Roman Cat Sanctuary

2 years ago Nathan

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Pidhirtsi Castle: one of the most valuable palace-garden complexes in the Ukrainian’s eastern borderlands—and one of the most haunted!

2 years ago Ivan

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Kościół w Kartuzach: the coffin-shaped church in Poland where monks once slept in coffins

2 years ago Nathan