Amsterdam, Netherlands
City Hall Urinal
A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
A public urinal so pretty, it was declared a national monument.
Heidelberg, Germany
This historic funicular system combines the old with the new while offering delightful views over the surrounding valley.
Gothenburg, Sweden
The charming storybook building now houses a small police museum.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
A statue of the second-tallest Dutchman in history.
Heidelberg, Germany
It's good luck to be mocked by this monkey.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.
Warsaw, Poland
A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.
Lund, Sweden
A modern, secular take on a traditional Virgin Mary motif.
Talala, Oklahoma
A detached cement mixer has been transformed to resemble a relic from some obscure NASA mission to Oklahoma.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Thousands of artifacts relating to human sexuality, including the world's largest sex bike.
Falun, Sweden
His body was found mysteriously preserved in a Swedish mine over 40 years after his initial disappearance.
Spijkenisse, Netherlands
The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.
Sweden
Enigmatic bug-like sculptures mystify drivers along a Swedish highway.
Kyoto, Japan
A shrine contains nearly 200 statues of the Buddhist deity Jizo, dressed in bibs by parents who have lost a child.
Vienna, Austria
A silly medieval mural preserved on the side of a Viennese house.
Waimes, Belgium
The highest point in Belgium is a staircase to nowhere.
Wągrowiec, Poland
One of only two places in the world where two rivers cross each other without the waters mixing.
Stockholm, Sweden
The library's graceful rotunda is like a bibliophile's temple.
Los Altos, California
The garage at the childhood home of Steve Jobs was a hangout for the founders of Apple, even if they never built computers there.
Boulder City, Nevada
A Norwegian-born sculptor created these soaring guardian angels at the entrance to Hoover Dam.
Yavapai County, Arizona
Ninety feet off the valley floor is an ancient dwelling put under protection of the U.S. government by Teddy Roosevelt.
Paracuellos de Jarama, Spain
The mysterious large white cross visible from the runway is a memorial to a massacre during Spanish Civil War.
Stockholm, Sweden
A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.
San Francisco, California
A psychedelic labyrinth on the San Francisco bay.