Campobello di Mazara, Italy
Cave of Cusa
The ancient Greeks abandoned this quarry to escape Hannibal's devastating invasion.
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Campobello di Mazara, Italy
The ancient Greeks abandoned this quarry to escape Hannibal's devastating invasion.
Caltagirone, Italy
142 ceramic steps become a mosaic once a year.
Sciacca, Italy
A madman's personal garden filled with 1,000 sculpted heads.
San Biagio Platani, Italy
Every Easter, a small Sicilian town builds a stunning cathedral out of bread.
Oegstgeest, Netherlands
The world’s first interactive human body museum also serves as a chair for a giant orange man.
Brumadinho, Brazil
The largest open-air contemporary art center in South America is a unique experience in the Atlantic Forest.
Alameda, California
This (occupied) house is 10 feet wide and full of spite.
Oakland, California
Dive bar built out of the remains of a whaling ship.
Oakland, California
A 1914 beaux arts auditorium that sat shuttered for 20 years, restored and reopened in 2026
Oakland, California
A temple devoted to inner esoteric mysteries located in a California commercial strip.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
Oakland, California
This restaurant features Native American foods from across the country.
Oakland, California
Neoclassical Revival mansion and set of horror cult classic Phantasm.
San Jose, California
San Francisco Bay's ghost town.
Genk, Belgium
This bike path was sunk below water level for maximum wonder.
Fremont, California
Neither Spanish settlers nor anyone since has been able to tell who built these strange California rock walls.
Excelsior Springs, Missouri
This art deco masterpiece was once a miracle spring mecca but is now simply a government office building.
Sunol, California
The black lab that was voted mayor of a California town is forever remembered by a life-size statue.
Hayward, California
Here, Father Agapius Honcharenko established his homestead, becoming the first nationally conscious Ukrainian to settle in the United States.
Fremont, California
Sporting Brutalist architecture, this school is hidden amid a quiet suburban neighborhood.
Hartford, Connecticut
An elliptical glass tower that is known as the world’s first two-sided building.
Évora, Portugal
Don't miss the xylotheque (a library of wood) at this museum devoted to cork.
Muscatine, Iowa
A colossal watermelon slice celebrating Muscatine’s sweet agricultural heritage.
Swiftwater, Pennsylvania
A candle shop hiding a haunted basement once used as a monkey research lab.