Brussels, Belgium
Zinneke Pis
Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.
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Brussels, Belgium
Meet the bronze beloved pet to a family of famous peeing statues.
London, England
An abandoned tank sits in an empty London lot as a symbolic middle finger to local city planners.
Hartlepool, England
The legend of a monkey that was hanged as a spy has inspired not only a football team name, but a successful mayoral campaign.
Gland, Switzerland
This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.
Gland, Switzerland
This long line of cement defensive wedges is named after the famous chocolate bar for obvious reasons.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The attic of a four-century-old canal house hides a clandestine church.
Palo Alto, California
The world's most famous donkey lives in this pen.
Krakow, Poland
Poland's oldest surviving university building holds a wealth of historic science instruments including some used by Copernicus.
Heidelberg, Germany
Sitting in the basement of a castle, the largest wine barrel in the world is bigger than most apartments.
Inyo County, California
The lowest point in North America is home to an undrinkable pool surrounded by fields of geometric salt flats.
Gävle, Sweden
If there is one thing you don't want to be in Sweden during Christmas, it's a Yule Goat.
Glasgow, Scotland
The oldest house in Glasgow is now a museum dedicated to the city's medieval history.
Zalipie, Poland
This uber-quaint Polish village is known for its habit of painting elaborate floral motifs on just about everything.
Warsaw, Poland
After the famous composer died in Paris, his sister snuck his heart out of the country to honor his wish that it be buried in their native country.
Malmö, Sweden
This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.
Chile
A sculpture of a giant hand reaches for the stars in the middle of the Atacama desert.
Kyoto, Japan
This neighborhood thoroughfare is haunted by dozens of homemade monsters.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Leuven, Belgium
A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.
Ghent, Belgium
This fairytale castle was built as a show of power but was nearly torn down thanks to its history of torture.
Lund, Sweden
This Swedish astronomical clock was in storage for almost a century before its glorious workings were put on display once more.
Munich, Germany
This century-old cinema house has a marquee that has been hand painted by a single man for over 25 years.
Uppsala, Sweden
The second oldest anatomical theater is housed in a museum of curiosities.