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Cargotecture Travel: Shipping Container Hostel Opens in Vietnam

You might not want to live in a shipping container permanently, but now you can test-drive one for a night or two at the affordable, streamlined and modern Ccasa Hostel in Vietnam. Colorful cargo ...

Las Pozas: Surreal Concrete Sculpture Garden in the Jungle of Mexico

Stairs spiral up to the sky in strange configurations, going nowhere, in a tangle of surrealist sculptural structures in a Mexican jungle. Why is this series of concrete wonders hidden within the ...

World’s Most Soothing Soaks: 10 Otherworldly Hot Springs

When the weather outside is frightful, there are few things so tempting as calling in sick to work and heading to a natural hot springs spa to soak in warm mineral-rich water - or maybe just ...

Soviet Bus Stops: Surreal Architectural Roadside Wonders

Standing stark against silent desert backdrops like sculptures made for Burning Man, these leftover Soviet structures are actually bus stops scattered throughout one of the most sparsely ...

Scary Skylodge: Geometric Glass Hotel Pod Clings to a Cliff

Clinging to a craggy cliff like an oversized artificial barnacle, this pod is only accessible to those willing to scale the 400-foot rock face from the base of a Peruvian mountain. If you’re ...

Ski Jump Penthouse: Win a Night at Cool Sky-High B&B Chalet

'Please do not apply if you're scared of heights,' warns AirBnB about this private sky-high chalet located at the very top of the Holmenkollen ski jump, where some of the world's top skiers have ...

Disused Salt Mines Converted to Stunning Subterranean Museum

Between the eerie glowing lights, the otherworldly cavernous spaces and the long strange trip it takes to get there, this subterranean museum feels like it could be located on an alien planet. ...

The Crumbling Shire: 7 Abandoned Wonders of New Zealand

Sheep have taken over the Shire, lost industry created ghost towns and the major earthquake of 2011 has left much of Christchurch cordoned-off and left to decay. While New Zealand may be best ...

Sleep with the Fishes: Floating Underwater Hotel Room

Watch eerily illuminated sea creatures swim past your windows at night as you fall asleep on your own 'private floating island,' an underwater hotel room at the Manta Resort (photography ...

Abandoned Quarry to Ice World: Pit Reclaimed as Resort

China is set to get yet another quarry-turned-resort in an ambitious project by Coop Himmelb(l)au architecture, transforming an abandoned mining pit into an artificial icy landscape with an ...

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