Lausanne, Switzerland
The Births of the Full Moon
A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.
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Lausanne, Switzerland
A constellation of golden cobblestones shows the names of local children born under a full moon.
Tambon Pa Fa, Thailand
The skeletons, demons, and corpses serve as a warning of the terrors of Buddhist Hell.
Antarctica
Naked scientists race around the pole in the frigid cold to try to join Antarctica's exclusive 300 Club.
Spinkhill, England
A gardener saved a beloved clock face from destruction by building it into a wall outside his house.
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
A safe space and resource for anything and everything relating to sex and sexuality.
Puerto de Mazarrón, Spain
Abandoned tunnels dug for the once-thriving sea salt industry on the coast of southern Spain.
Vrbice, Czechia
A mesmerizing landscape of 18th-century cellars carved out of the land.
Rovigo, Italy
A rare example of an octagonal Catholic church.
Meißen, Germany
From morgue to urn, watch the whole process at this unusual educational attraction.
Tølløse, Denmark
Built after WWII, the observatory site for the University of Copenhagen exhibits once world-class instruments.
Ghilarza, Italy
The childhood family home of Italian Marxist theorist and politician Antonio Gramsci.
Veliky Novgorod, Russia
This late-brutalist masterpiece everyone forgot about was originally created to get the proletariat jazzed about the arts.
Stoneham, Massachusetts
This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.
Chachapoyas, Peru
This well held a sacred source of water supposedly unleashed from the barren rocks by a wizard-like archbishop.
Monopoli, Italy
Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.
sovkhoza im. Lenina, Russia
A magnificent, Disneyesque chateau built for 150 lucky kindergarteners.
Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan
The abandoned tuberculosis sanatorium is said to be one of the most haunted places in Canada.
Donalda, Alberta
The museum is home to four times as many lamps as there are people in town.
Kabul, Afghanistan
The last operating synagogue in Afghanistan is run by Zablon Simintov, the last remaining Jew in Afghanistan.
Manitoba
The world's largest and most outstanding marl lake regularly changes color.
London, England
The canine-themed book collection claims to be Europe's largest dog library.
Sudan
All that remains of Jacques Cousteau's 1960s underwater "village."
Caynton, England
This mysterious underground cave in Shropshire dates back to the 18th or 19th century.
Fifield, England
Enormous terracotta heads of Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip can be seen on the side of the road to Windsor.