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The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.

One man's grief over the national tragedy has manifested in a pod of homemade whales on his front lawn.

The site of murders and Satanic cult gatherings.

A large camera obscura, constructed entirely from digitally fabricated components.

The world's greatest slide descends 18 stories from this looping mountaintop viewing platform.

This strange seaside tower got its name from a wealthy eccentric who would hide coins among its stones.

This private island is still in the family after a 400-year history including a witch hunt, a pirate, and multiple wars.

It should come as no surprise that the world's largest artichoke lies in the town that calls itself the "Artichoke Center of the World."

This monster board rode a monster wave to break two world records.

An eerie and beautiful group of columns mark the site of a grand mansion lost to time and fire.

Celebrating the end of winter, students gather every year at Lake Superior State University to torch a 12-foot-tall snowman.

"The Most Boring Road in the State."

Watch the ships come in on Michigan's 210 ft. high observation deck in Sault Ste. Marie.

This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.

This century-old roadside attraction is full of bizarre rock formations.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

A massive stairway that almost wasn't leads to one of Australia's most scenic vistas.

This trio of Australian rock spires may have inspired aboriginal legend or just modern tourism.

One of Australia's largest secondhand bookstores.

This remote lake in Siberia supposedly contains a fearsome sea monster.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

A maze of crosses marks the jumbled divide between the Netherlands and Belgium.

The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.

Built for television, this statue now serves as an unlikely memorial to a fireman who died on 9/11.