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Cosmos Mystery Area

Rapid City, South Dakota

Cosmos Mystery Area

A place where the laws of nature seem to have gone completely berserk... but of course haven't.

Paved but phenomena still works - right before the curve

Klamath Falls, Oregon

Old Fort Road Gravity Hill

This strange hill on Old Fort Road where gravity works in reverse has been fascinating locals for years.

Confusion Hill

Piercy, California

Confusion Hill

An optical illusion found amid a logged redwood forest.

Santa Cruz Mystery Spot

Santa Cruz, California

Santa Cruz Mystery Spot

A "gravitational anomaly" located in the redwood forests just outside of Santa Cruz, California.

Rua do Amendoim.

Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Rua do Amendoim (Peanut Street)

Cars mysteriously roll uphill on this street.

Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike license 2.0 by John Phillips

Maybole, Scotland

Electric Brae Gravity Hill Illusion

An optical Illusion once believed to be an electrical phenomenon.

Spook Hill

Lake Wales, Florida

Spook Hill

A haunted hill that supposedly defied gravity.

Gravity Hill starting line.

Prosser, Washington

Gravity Hill

The strange phenomenon causing gravity to "work backwards" on this hill has been blamed on the paranormal.

Water appears to run uphill on the magnetic hill.

Moncton, New Brunswick

Moncton Magnetic Hill

A mysterious spot where the laws of gravity seem not to apply.

Cima del Sol.

León, Mexico

Colina Gravitacional (Gravity Hill)

Things roll uphill on this Mexican street that seems to defy gravity.

The Uphill-Downhill Road of Ariccia

Albano Laziale, Italy

The Uphill-Downhill Road of Ariccia

Things seem to roll, flow and run uphill on this short patch of road near Ariccia, Italy.

Seal in front, Machias Seal Island and lighthouse in back

United States / Canada

Machias Seal Island

The only land territory disputed between the U.S. and Canada.

Hans Island

Denmark / Canada

Hans Island

A long-disputed island that Denmark and Canada claim by periodically alternating flags and bottles of liquor.

View of Pheasant Island from the Spanish side of the border

France / Spain

Pheasant Island

This tiny river island switches sovereignty every six months as part of a rare, centuries-old agreement.

Abandoned castle tower in Kaliningrad oblast.

Kaliningrad, Russia

Kaliningrad Oblast

A small part of Russia that does not touch any other part of Russia.

Friendship Park.

San Diego, California

Friendship Park

Every weekend, people gather here for a brief chance to see their loved ones on the other side of the United States–Mexico border.

Trójstyk Granic.

Poland

Trójstyk Granic

A small granite monument marks where the borders of three countries meet.

Europa Hotel.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

Europa Hotel

It was once nicknamed "the most bombed hotel in Europe."

The border between Stewart, British Columbia and Hyder, as seen from the Canadian side.

Hyder, Alaska

Hyder

The easternmost town in Alaska can only be accessed from Canada.

Up to date map of the Northwest Angle

Angle Inlet, Minnesota

Northwest Angle

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.

The building.

Derby, Vermont

Haskell Free Library and Opera House

This unusual building straddles two countries.

Nicosia International Airport
Permanently Closed

Egkomi, Cyprus

Nicosia International Airport

This former Cyprus flight hub is now a crumbling, abandoned ghost complex.

Sani Pass

Mkhomazi Wilderness area, South Africa

Sani Pass

Brace yourself for the slowest, scariest, most spectacular drive, down the Drakensberg Escarpment.

Russian post clearly indicating Border Crossing No. 487.

Teshig, Mongolia

Mongolia/Russia Border Crossing No. 487

This extremely remote border crossing was closed to prevent smuggling and looting.

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