Located in the city of Najaf, Iraq, the “Valley of Peace” or Wadi-us-Salaam is the world’s largest cemetery and contains millions of bodies.

This 343 miles (552km) highway runs through the Tarim desert on Takla Makan, China. To protect the road from the sand, they have planted vegetation on either side of the road and built a huge irrigation system to manage it.
 

This property was bought by Khalil Bin Laden for his wife in 1980. It is located near Disney World in the USA and it is believed that Osama may have stayed there while visiting his brother.
 

This “small” town in England is called Bourton-on-the-Water and will surprise you when you visit it.
 

The Miranda Castle or Chateau Miranda was built in 1866. It was deserted in 1991.

The Changi Airport in Singapore is a busy hub that has over 135,000 travellers passing through it, each day. One guy took these pictures of the airport to show why passengers actually enjoy spending time here.
 

Travellers to the city are usually exposed to a very different view of Korean life.
 

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The Lujan zoo in Argentina offers visitors a really thrilling experience…

The glass lift is built into the side of a mountainous cliff in the Wulingyuan area of Zhangjiajie, China. It is a staggering 1,070 feet (330 m) high and is claimed to be the highest and heaviest outdoor elevator in the world.

The Loisaba holiday retreat in Kenya offers a variety of stunning accommodation made from natural materials and decorated with unique hand-made furnishings. Visitors are invited to enjoy an authentic African experience in complete luxury.

The Hotel del Salto was opened in 1924 near Tequendama Falls, Bogotá River, Colombia and closed down in the 1990’s. People speculate that the hotel was haunted and this is why no one wanted to stay here but another reason could be that the river was polluted.

This sustainable treehouse community is named Finca Bellavista and is situated on 600 acres of land in the mountainous region of Costa Rica. The development was started by Mateo and Erica Hogan, a married couple from Colorado, and consists of seven treehouses for rent. Visitors to the community are treated to a forested, riverfront setting that boasts waterfalls, hiking trails and wildlife. The cost of the rooms varies from $100-$275 per night.

Kitsault  is a town in British Columbia, Canada which has been abandoned for the past 30 years. The town was erected in 1979 due to the emergence of the American Mining Corporation Phelps Dodge and Molybdenum mine in the area and was originally intended as a base to house miners and their families. The town catered for 1200 residents and was equipped with shopping centres, schools and hospitals amongst many other things.

Called “Snake Alley for its unusual shape, this interesting path is in Burlington, Iowa.

The Takinocho Shibazakura park is a beautiful one-of-a-kind destination. The pictures speak for themselves.

Located in Krausnick, Germany, this tropical island retreat is completely artificially constructed and contained in an unusual place.

Located within the Arctic Circle, the Khibiny Mountains are uninhibited except for a large mineral quarry that mines apatite and nepheline ores. The territory contains approximately 477 valid minerals of which 108 were first identified here.

Known as the “Pole of Cold”, the Russian town of Oymyakon has received recorded temperatues of -71°C, or -95.8°F. Surprisingly there are some people who actually still live here!

These gorgeous colourful costumes are one of the great features of the annual street festival.

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Every year, artists from around the world meet in a small village in northern Sweden for a project that is known as “ICEHOTEL”. Covering 5,500 square meters of land and constructed from 2000 tonnes of ice and an additional 30 000 tonnes of “snice” (snow and ice), the hotel is the largest of its kind in the world.

Photos taken from the prison set of “The Walking Dead.”

The Rio street carnival is the world’s biggest and most celebrated festival and is attended by approximately 5 million people. Here are some moments from this year carnival.

As the name suggests, “Barbie Café”, which has just opened in Taiwan’s capital city, Taipei, is designed around the original Barbie doll toy. Taiwan has been chosen as the restaurant’s location since and themed restaurants have proven to be successful in this landscape. Barbie’s manufacturers, US toy company Mattel, hope to promote Barbie as a fashion brand to the Asian market and the staff uniforms and décor of the restaurant all accentuate the iconic Barbie world that is predominantly pink and girly.

Photos of the beautiful Maldives islands.

Although it may seem like the pyramids are in the middle of an empty desert area...