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Crocodile House
Crocodile HouseLiving inside a fearsome reptile in the Ivory CoastThierry Atta is now fully moved into his new home. Situated in the midst of Abidjan, the former capital of the Ivory Coast, the...
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Forest Hills Cemetery
Forest Hills CemeteryA beautifully landscaped cemetery and Victorian sculpture garden established in 1848In Jamaica Plain at the end of the orange line of Boston's MBTA train system, the Forest Hills...
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Istana Nurul Iman
Istana Nurul Iman 1800 rooms of single-family residence in Brunei Named the Palace of the Faith Light, this $1.4 billion home in Brunei seems to display more opulence than spirituality. Completed in...
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The Magic House
The Magic HouseThe Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.You don't have to be a kid to appreciate all the wonder and knowledge that...
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Anta de Pavia
Anta de PaviaPagan monument converted to Christianity with the populationEven without its history, the Anta de Pavia would stand out. In the dead center of a square in Pavia, surrounded by...
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Minaret of Jam
Minaret of Jam200-foot-high minaret is Afghanistan's only heritage siteFor the last three decades, almost constant conflict has colored the world's perceptions of Afghanistan. The central-Asian nation...
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Museum of the German
Museum of the GermanOpen air sculptures by an eccentric and loin-clothed hermitWhen Manfred Gnädinger came to Camelle, Spain, he was clean-shaven and even attended Mass every Sunday. But some time...
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Kyaiktiyo Pagoda
Kyaiktiyo PagodaGolden rock defies gravity, brings pilgrims from across MyanmarPerched dangerously on the edge of a cliff, pilgrims have been visiting the Kyaiktiyo Pagoda for centuries to meditate and...
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Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse
Rubjerg Knude LighthouseAbandoned lighthouse awaits its destiny of under shifting sandDesertification is not a problem that is usually associated with Denmark. Yet 60 meters above the sea, the Rubjerg...
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Roman Polanski's Neptune
Roman Polanski's NeptuneMassive galleon from a box-office bomb docked in GenoaIn the early 1980s, Roman Polanski told Paramount Pictures that his new tale of treachery on the high seas, "Pirates,"...
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Basbous Brothers Outdoor Gallery
Basbous Brothers Outdoor GalleryAn open-air gallery and garden in North Lebanon with plans to continue growingIn 1994, the city of Rachana was transformed into an international name in the art world....
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Obelisk of Axum
Obelisk of AxumMassive stele returned to Ethiopia after 70 years in RomeConsidering the size of the Obelisk of Axum, it is truly amazing that it was transported between continents twice during the last...
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Alexander Golod's Pyramids
Alexander Golod's PyramidsUkrainian defense contractor's center for studying "pyramid energy"In the 1930s an occultist, writer and hardware store owner published a theory that pyramids might have...
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Tapsa Temple
Tapsa Temple120 mortarless pagodas built by one Korean hermitThe difference between having a singular artistic vision and obsessive insanity can be quite narrow. Straddling the line is Buddhist hermit...
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Kingdom of Redonda
Kingdom of RedondaA hotly contested micro-nation off the coast of Montserrat It would be ideal to have hard evidence about the history of Redonda. But unfortunately, reality and legend have blurred...
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Badeschiff
BadeschiffFloating swimming pool within a moored vesselCity beaches are big business in Berlin, a city, which is glaringly missing a sea beach. Every summer, Berliners flock to lakes, numerous public...
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Nokhur Cemetery
Nokhur CemeteryCemetery with goat-horn bedecked gravestonesAt the cemetery of the isolated village of Nokhur, nearly every grave is marked by a wooden post adorned with the horns of a mountain goat....
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Giant Ruhnama
Giant RuhnamaMonument to a bizarre book, written by Turkmenistan’s long-standing dictatorSaparmurat Niyazov is probably best known for his strange laws, banning everything from lip-syncing to smelly...
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Independence Monument of Turkmenistan
Independence Monument of TurkmenistanSumptous memorial to a controversial independenceThe Independence Monument of Turkmenistan is one of the largest and most extravagant of its kind in the entire...
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Kumbuk River Resort
Kumbuk River ResortSpend the night inside a two-story elephant villaAfter 26 years of civil war, the government of Sri Lanka finally defeated rebels and restored control over the island in 2009. Since...
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