Sögel, Germany
Sögel Tank Cemetery
There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.
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Sögel, Germany
There are two dozen tanks just sitting in an open field in Lower Saxony.
Zeitz, Germany
A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.
Vilhelmina, Sweden
Locals perched on icy thrones brave frigid temperatures during this bizarre winter tradition.
Wicklow, Ireland
This 5,300-year-old tomb with mysterious carvings crowns an Irish mountain.
Dnipro, Ukraine
A beautiful art space and unusual mini-hotel hidden in the city center of Dnipro.
Iceland
A lonely beacon, precariously perched atop a remote sliver of rock.
Sanremo, Italy
There once was a man named Lear / Who found limericks so dear / His final resting space / Is an unusual place / Most people don’t know he’s here.
Athens, Ohio
A rare particle accelerator with a tremendous energy range is tucked away at Ohio University.
Alamada, Philippines
This wondrous waterfall rushing down a green-covered mountain wasn't discovered until 2010.
Molepolole, Botswana
The historic cave is both a symbol of superstition and black magic and inspired one of the early Christian converts in Botswana.
Prague, Czechia
The risqué mixed-media sculptures are supposedly a metaphor for Czech politics.
Slavonice, Czechia
600 stumps, branches, and trunks of different shapes and sizes.
Pierre Part, Louisiana
This Louisiana folk art gallery is a gnarled collection of driftwood homonculi.
Isla Mujeres, Mexico
One man's fulfilled dream of living on an artificial island made of recycled plastic bottles.
Allauch, France
Sleep in a climate-controlled plastic bubble for the night.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
If drivers cross the rumble strip on this stretch of Route 66 at just the right speed it plays "America the Beautiful."
Ukiah, California
A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.
Tropea, Italy
A fairytale-like medieval church perched atop a rocky cliff on Italy's "Coast of the Gods."
Bamberg, Germany
A beautiful collection of taxidermy birds and rare pomological wax models.
Madrid, Spain
The morbid items in this small and hidden museum are not for the weak stomached.
Guatavita, Colombia
The entire town looks like a slice of Spain that was carted across the ocean and plunked in the Andes.
Thorndike, Maine
A couple's 60-year love of collecting is on display at this unique stove repair shop in Maine.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
Bouée, France
This tiny hotel perched atop a 50-foot tower really puts things into perspective.