Ironwood, Michigan
Copper Peak Ski Jump
The largest ski jump in the Western Hemisphere hasn't hosted skiers in decades.
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Ironwood, Michigan
The largest ski jump in the Western Hemisphere hasn't hosted skiers in decades.
San Francisco, California
In the basement of a San Francisco performing arts center, a small museum dedicated to the history of showgirls.
Odense, Denmark
This risqué sculpture, based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, caused outrage 35 years after it was erected.
Paisley, Scotland
Paisley's oldest open green space contains a rather ostentatious fountain at its center.
Lagos, Nigeria
What started as makeshift fishermen's housing has grown into a massive, floating community.
Monterrey, Mexico
This ”skyspace,” which bears a resemblance to a spacecraft, is designed to disappear in the presence of light.
Framingham, Massachusetts
The notorious pirate William Kidd might have buried his treasure around this local pond.
Mexico City, Mexico
This scenic cable car ride glides 100 feet above Mexico City.
Broome, Australia
The oldest operating picture gardens in the world.
East Windsor, Connecticut
A replica of fossils believed to be the first scientifically-described dinosaur bones found in North America.
Brescia, Italy
This sculpture of a rhinoceros suspended above a city square is meant to evoke the weight of the human condition.
Kyoto, Japan
Legend has it that centuries ago, a ghost once frequented this candy shop to feed her still-living baby.
Mauritania
On a secluded beach is one of the few shipwrecks left on the shores of Mauritania.
Nahwa, United Arab Emirates
A small United Arab Emirates territory within an Omani enclave within the United Arab Emirates.
Aldeburgh, England
This massive metal scallop is a tribute to an English composer who once walked across this beach.
Bispingen, Germany
A German artist built a home and garden filled with whimsical art pieces, like a massive, operational volcano.
Aoussift, Morocco
In this desolate valley resides a gorgeous set of rocks sporting a technicolor design.
Berlin, Germany
A museum specifically dedicated to the Trabant, one of the iconic automobiles of the GDR.
Wiltz, Luxembourg
Luxembourg's first beer museum honors the Grand Duchy's contributions to the art and science of beer-production.
Madrid, Spain
Known as the Casa de las Siete Chimeneas, this haunted 16th-century manor has a dark, mysterious past.
Tokyo, Japan
Guarding the city of Chiyoda is a bizarre insectile creature with a name no one can pronounce.
Lakewood, Colorado
An artist-run shop filled with art inspired by and made from nature.
Reykjavik, Iceland
An unusual building on a "desolate hill" features the works of an Icelandic sculptor.
Valladolid, Mexico
A mysterious, abandoned Chinese building in Mexico pays homage to the area's East Asian immigrants.