Geographic Oddities

This sign marks the entrance to a tiny proto-state within the small country of Moldova.

This rare basalt crater lake is used to study the Moon and Mars.

The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.

A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.

A small village in two different countries.

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.

A rare wayfinding portmanteau of “Street” and “Avenue.”

Finding the exact middle of a giant land mass is hard to determine, but this spot managed to do the trick.

The only sea in the world that has no land boundary.

An unrecognized nation-state created in the 1820s to avoid taxes.

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

The town of Argleton has a postal code and appears on maps and even real estate listings, yet it does not exist.

Flaming barrels of tar race through these village streets on Bonfire Night, a tradition that dates back centuries.

A sinuous path among steep cliffs creates a stunning sight in southwestern Serbia.