Geographic Oddities

This residence straddles a border between Belgium and the Netherlands.

A busy island at the center of the world that doesn’t actually exist.

The last stop in southeast Russia.

The easternmost town in Alaska can only be accessed from Canada.

This stone incorrectly marks the 35th parallel, causing some territorial kerfuffles.

For the last century, this international border within a small town has appeared and disappeared various times.

From here, the loch appears to take the shape of mainland Scotland.

The god of wine stares out at passersby on this busy Pittsburgh thoroughfare.

This small roadside eatery exists in both the Northern and Southern hemispheres, as the equator runs right through it.

This irregularly shaped sea fortress has defended not one but three different sovereign states.

This desert oddity hides in plain sight thanks to a cartographic error and a desert explorer with a punny sense of humor.

A thick blanket of beautiful pampas grass cloaks this unique Japanese landscape.

A plaque marks the underground site of one of London's "lost rivers."