Samarkand, Uzbekistan
Tomb of Daniel at Samarkand
An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.
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Samarkand, Uzbekistan
An 18-meter-long sarcophagus of a constantly growing dead prophet.
Tucson, Arizona
A living museum of curated gardens honors 4,000 years of agriculture in the Santa Cruz River basin.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh’s version of the Sistine Chapel is this former church, with an interior covered in paintings done by one woman over the course of nearly a decade.
Dunning, Scotland
A mysterious monument where a woman who records say never existed was burnt alive for being a witch.
Porto, Portugal
Building owners can take out tiles for free at this repository for historic building materials.
Somerset, England
One of the best-preserved examples of an old town lock-up in the country.
Canterbury, England
Inspired by Thomas Stothard's painting of the "Journey to Canterbury," albeit with Canterbury natives.
Dublin, Ireland
This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.
Athens, Georgia
A white oak with property rights.
Tallinn, Estonia
During the Soviet era, the spire of this longstanding church was used as a radio transmission tower.
Baywood-Los Osos, California
Home to a forest of whimsical pygmy Coast live oak.
Hoyvík, Faroe Islands
Located more than 600 feet beneath sea level, this tunnel boasts the world's first undersea roundabout.
Denver, Colorado
A multiversal transit station located right below a highway interchange.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Arnhem, Netherlands
Organisms normally seen under a microscope decorate this church.
Wormingford, England
Was the ravaging reptilian that terrorized this village a dragon, or an escapee from a London menagerie?
Natural Bridge, Virginia
Lines from a walking song are etched into a rock in Natural Bridge State Park.
Ashmore, Illinois
This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.
Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania
Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.
Bovey Tracey, England
This historic factory peddles classic toys from the picturesque English county of Devon.
Aeugst am Albis, Switzerland
Museum featuring strange and enchanting toys of the past.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
A sprawling collection of over 106,000 toys from around the world.
Rochester, New York
A collection of the best toys ever made inside a museum devoted to play.
Bellaire, Ohio
There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.