Two Harbors, Minnesota
3M Birthplace Museum
This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.
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Two Harbors, Minnesota
This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.
Nottingham, England
An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.
Lake Placid, Florida
Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.
Castalla, Spain
This site is both a remarkable reminder of the town's mining history and a fantastic government blooper.
Guatemala
A ruined Maya city that suffered a years-long case of mistaken identity.
Harvard, Nebraska
The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.
Newmarket, England
A misunderstanding gave this 18th-century racehorse a most amusing name.
Washington, D.C.
The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.
West Hartford, Connecticut
This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.
Laadla, Estonia
A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.
Somerset, Ohio
The nearly 200-year-old building displays a perplexing grammatical error.
Staufen im Breisgau, Germany
A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.
London, England
A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Irkutsk, Russia
Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.
Baltimore, Maryland
It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”
Prague, Czechia
Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
Khlong Sok, Thailand
Surat Thani's official flower—and the world's largest—smells of rotting meat.
London, England
A 1,215-foot tunnel transports pedestrians beneath the River Thames.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Barcelona, Spain
Gaudí's famously flamboyant architectural style is on full display in this sprawling park and garden.
Lakewood, Colorado
At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.
Kyoto, Japan
The 10,000 Torii shrine.