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Christmas Island crab migration

Christmas Island, Australia

Crabs of Christmas Island

The red crab exhibits one of the most spectacular migrations on earth, despite manmade obstacles.

The narrower (southern) lock.  Looking west.

Seattle, Washington

Hiram M. Chittenden Locks

Allowing humans and fish alike to migrate from freshwater to saltwater and back again.

The entrance of the toad tunnel, starting at the post office parking lot. (Davis Wiki)

Davis, California

Davis Toad Tunnel

Special tunnels built so that frogs won't be killed when crossing the highway.

Natuurbrug Zanderij Crailoo

Hilversum, Netherlands

Natuurbrug Zanderij Crailoo

The world's longest wildlife overpass provides Hilversum's critters with a safe alternative to trying their luck on the roadway.

Physics of the Sun

Changikhisarak, Uzbekistan

Physics of the Sun

More than 10,000 small mirrors cover the curved surface of the world's second-largest solar oven, located in a remote village in Uzbekistan.

Ragged Ass Road

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Ragged Ass Road

This Canadian road's nickname stuck so hard the city had to keep it.

The main entrance.

Quincy, Massachusetts

First Dunkin' Donuts

This small shop walked so America could run on Dunkin'.

Spelunkers dropping into Neversink Pit.

Fackler, Alabama

Neversink Pit

This natural wonder drops 16 stories straight down through rare flora and streaming waterfalls.

Pikes Peak Summit House

Manitou Springs, Colorado

Pikes Peak Summit House

Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.

House with Chimaeras

Kyiv, Ukraine

House with Chimaeras

An Art Nouveau building covered in animal gargoyles and grotesques.

The Spiral Jetty

Corinne, Utah

The Spiral Jetty

An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.

Philbert the Pig

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philbert the Pig

This beloved marketplace mascot poops money and grants good luck.

Il Porcelino

Florence, Italy

Il Porcellino

This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.

REACH: New York

New York, New York

REACH: New York

Hidden in plain sight on a pair of Manhattan subway tunnels are a pair of public instruments that sing to each other.

Frontera Sculpture Oasis

Luna County, New Mexico

Frontera Sculpture Oasis

This roadside sculpture garden in New Mexico venerates Mother Earth and outsider art.

Bricked up entrance to Clinton Hall detail.

New York, New York

The Forgotten Entrance to Clinton Hall

Hidden in one of New York's oldest subway stations is the final remnant of the site of the bizarre Shakespeare Riots.

Stortorget Cannonball

Stockholm, Sweden

Stortorget Cannonball

Several cannonballs of mysterious origins decorate two buildings in Stortoget's main square.

Noah Webster.

West Hartford, Connecticut

Noah Webster Statue

This tribute to the founding father of the American dictionary originally contained a spelling error.

Cenote Xkeken

Dzitnup, Mexico

Cenote Xkeken

These azure waters were thought to lead to the Mayan Underworld.

11 foot 8

Durham, North Carolina

The Can Opener

This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.

Potoooooooo

Newmarket, England

Potoooooooo

A misunderstanding gave this 18th-century racehorse a most amusing name.

The flag of the kingdom in front of a local museum.

Laadla, Estonia

Kingdom of Torgu

A clerical error gave rise to this imaginary micronation in the southwestern corner of Estonia.

Half beaver, half tiger.

Irkutsk, Russia

The Irkutsk Babr

Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.

Behold, the king of terrible lizards.

Springfield, Missouri

Dragon Rock

Creativity is far from extinct in Missouri, and this painted dinosaur is no exception!

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