Detroit, Michigan
Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.
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Detroit, Michigan
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.
Beaufort, North Carolina
A maritime museum holding the remains of Blackbeard's pirate ship.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
A church of bones, decorated with 40,000 human skeletons.
Kutna Hora, Czechia
An enormous and lavish Gothic church in Czechia.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovakian statue of an emerging sewer worker might just be a bronze peeping tom.
Bratislava, Slovakia
An ode to a soldier who came to town, fell in love, then began making his own sparkling wine.
Bratislava, Slovakia
This Slovak bridge is known both for its connection to a national uprising and its UFO-shaped eatery.
Sibiu, Romania
Something's watching you.
Bran, Romania
The possible imprisonment of Vlad the Impaler here earned the medieval castle its nickname, "Dracula's Castle."
Bucharest, Romania
This communist behemoth is the heaviest building in the world and a legacy of a brutal regime.
Bucharest, Romania
This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.
Bucharest, Romania
The preserved arm of a third-century sorcerer is believed to have the power to lift curses and spells.
Brașov, Romania
This snug medieval lane is one of the narrowest streets in the world.
Brașov, Romania
The European towns of Brașov and Râșnov each have proud signs reminiscent of the Hollywood sign.
Brașov, Romania
A fire once nearly devoured this gorgeous 14th-century Gothic cathedral.
Frankenmuth, Michigan
World's largest Christmas store.
Leland, Michigan
A charming remnant of 19th-century fishing towns sits on Michigan’s Leelanau Peninsula.
Leland, Michigan
The rusted remains of an ill-fated freighter lie just off the coast of South Manitou Island in Lake Michigan.
Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Beautiful scenery, history, science, and physics come together in this remnant of shipping lore.
Paradise, Michigan
This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.
Paradise, Michigan
These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.
Indian River, Michigan
One of the largest crucifixes in the world stands 55 feet tall in a secluded, wooded area of northern Michigan.
Cross Village, Michigan
Legs Inn provides Polish food, a cornucopia of Odawa artwork, wood carvings, and mounted deer heads.
St. Ignace, Michigan
Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.