Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
Wedding Palace
If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.
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Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.
Nuremberg, Germany
This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.
Kettlewell, England
Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.
North Port, Florida
This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.
Höfn, Iceland
This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.
Riverside, California
This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This ironic war memorial thumbs its nose at a campaign of inedible humanitarian aid food products.
Coleraine, Northern Ireland
This Italian-style temple replica has been threatening to fall off the Irish coast for hundreds of years.
Kazan, Russia
This Russian religious complex is a Frankenstein's chapel that includes influence from almost all the major faiths.
New Haven, Connecticut
An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.
Waterbury, Connecticut
This strangely amalgamated museum explores the history of the Timex clock company as well as archaeology.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.
Kerch, Ukraine
This ancient burial mound is accessed by an impressive Greek-built archway.
Islamorada, Florida
This spiny beast guards an artist's village while vying for the title of largest lobster in the world.
Sunderland, Massachusetts
This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"
New York, New York
This semi-hidden Manhattan restaurant is based out of a loading dock.
Becket, Massachusetts
Locals purchased this abandoned quarry in order to make sure it continues to be overgrown.
Sant'Agata Dé Goti, Italy
This medieval Italian town is a sheer (and beautiful) cliffside defense.
Jacksonville, Florida
This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.
London, England
This massive collection of British military artifacts includes the heartbreaking personal letters of the men in the trenches of WWI.
Bodo, Norway
According to the locals, the sands of this secluded Norway beach are infused with gemstone particles.
Enshi, China
This highest bridge in the world spans such a great chasm that it had to be established using rockets.
Ystad, Sweden
According to legend, this boat-shaped henge is built over the grave of a mythic king.