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A 19th-century subterranean reservoir repurposed as a contemporary art cave.

Positioned outside a church, this sinister folkloric figure incited protests in both 1902 and 2002.

Above the door of a house, a plaque claims to commemorate the future living place of the inventor of time travel.

The oldest residential street in Europe also features an optical illusion.

One extremely determined man's homemade universe.

Meet the "Green Monster" of Monico, Wisconsin.

The menacing creature had a tremendous influence on the local culture before being exposed as a hoax.

A jumble of concrete on the corner of one of London’s terraced buildings is actually a work of art.

A sculpture of a giant man escaping from the depths of the Earth.

The 72-foot giant escaped confinement in a large patch of mulch only to be reburied in the sandy shores of the Potomac River.

This fiberglass version of the Awakening sculpture by Seward Johnson, now resides in its third location in Italy, in Viterbo.

Created by a local artist, these quirky sculptures each have their own names and personalities.

One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.

A tribute to the disposable cups that were once manufactured here, this 68-foot-tall statue would be difficult to throw away.

Kuala Lumpur’s historic single-screen cinema, transformed into a labyrinthine bookstore.

A purr-fectly spirited bronze celebration of local street felines through history.

Modern art meets modern convenience in possibly the world's most architecturally important public bathroom.

These concrete crustaceans are actually public restrooms.

This national landmark is also home to a massive treehouse.

Harry Houdini plunged into the Charles River and performed one of his escape acts here in 1908.

An early masterpiece of Le Corbusier, a famed Modernist architect, hiding in plain sight.

One man's journey to return a stone to its point of origin after 200,000 years.

Nature has shaped this drainage tunnel into the digestive tract of a mighty beast.

This was once the largest four-sided clock in the world (yes, even bigger than Big Ben).