Brighton, England
Brighton's Victorian Sewers
To literally keep their waste out of their own backyards, the citizens of this English city built an impressive sewer system that is still in use today.
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Brighton, England
To literally keep their waste out of their own backyards, the citizens of this English city built an impressive sewer system that is still in use today.
Krakow, Poland
This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.
Chicago, Illinois
First planned industrial community in the United States.
Croatia
A self-proclaimed libertarian micro-state on a tiny bit of disputed territory between Serbia and Croatia.
Edertal, Germany
Medieval ruins on a tiny island amid a flooded lake offer romantic respite to lovers seeking privacy.
San Antonio, Texas
A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.
Berlin, Germany
After a nearly successful attempt on Hitler's life, the conspirators met their fate in the courtyard of this Berlin building.
Wabash, Indiana
This shop is named for a runaway elephant who smashed through its doors, stole some peanuts, and spent five days on the lam.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Newry, Maine
A century after his death, this covered bridge still calls to mind the plein air painter who loved it.
Kerry, Ireland
Petrified footprints of one of the very first vertebrates to walk on land.
Chloride, Arizona
All of the 20 occupied houses in this mostly abandoned town feature some curious display of junk art.
Iceland
This plaque tells the story of an event that took place in an imagined parallel universe.
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Toulouse, France
There is a strange little carving of a person seemingly crushed by a pillar behind the remains of St. Thomas Aquinas.
Greenland
A Cold War atomic camp buried under the ice is now emerging because of global warming.
Norway, Maine
This 90-year-old building is home to possibly the most New Englandy social club in existence.
Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
This quirky hot springs town known to locals as "T or C" was named after a radio show.
Nairobi, Kenya
A glass and sculpture wonderland forms an oasis in a remote part of Kenya.
Verzy, France
Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.
Bahamas
This isthmus in the Bahamas narrowly separates the roiling Atlantic from the cool Bight of Eleuthera.
Gaffney, South Carolina
The record holder for the world’s largest peach.
Meißen, Germany
From morgue to urn, watch the whole process at this unusual educational attraction.
Stoholm, Denmark
Nearly 40 miles and 1,000 years of limestone mines under Denmark.