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The beautifully tiled Art Deco tunnel hidden underneath 34th street.

New York, New York

The Hidden Art Deco Tunnel Underneath the New Yorker Hotel

The beautiful tunnel that ran from the lobby to Penn Station is still hidden underneath 34th Street.

The Old McGraw-Hill Building

New York, New York

The Old McGraw-Hill Building

Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch were all born in this art deco Manhattan masterpiece.

Crown Point Vista House

Corbett, Oregon

Vista House at Crown Point

This extravagant Art Nouveau rest stop features a million-dollar view of the Columbia River.

The secret entrance to the Knickerbocker Hotel (detail)

New York, New York

The Secret Entrance to the Knickerbocker Hotel

An unassuming secret door once led to a legendary watering hole.

Ralph Kramden Statue

New York, New York

Ralph Kramden Statue

An homage to Jackie Gleason's bus-driving character from 'The Honeymooners.'

(Flickr/ninastoessinger)

Byurakan, Armenia

Armenian Alphabet Monument

Giant stone letters dedicated to the founder of Armenia's alphabet.

The "Bridge Over the Atlantic."

Clachan-Seil, Scotland

Clachan Bridge

The "Bridge Over the Atlantic" lets you cross the waterway in mere seconds.

Fingal's Cave

Isle of Staffa, Scotland

Fingal's Cave

This astonishingly geometric cave has inspired everyone from Jules Verne to Pink Floyd.

The Caverns

Pelham, Tennessee

The Caverns

An ancient cave system in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills converted to a 1,200-person music venue.

Sewanee Natural Bridge

Sewanee, Tennessee

Sewanee Natural Bridge

A natural sandstone bridge hidden in the Sewanee forest.

Saut de Brot

Boudry, Switzerland

Saut de Brot

This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.

Frog Museum

Estavayer-le-Lac, Switzerland

Frog Museum

150-year-old satirical tableaus made from stuffed frogs.

Taxidermied frogs spend a day on the lake at Froggyland

Split, Croatia

Froggyland

A wonderfully strange collection of 500+ stuffed frogs doing people things.

Wall of Frogs

Santa Barbara, California

'Wall of Frogs'

A unique local art exhibit that has continued to grow since 1989.

Greenacre Park

New York, New York

Greenacre Park

Read a book next to a Midtown waterfall.

The Stairs of Reconciliation

Graz, Austria

The Stairs of Reconciliation

Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.

Rundetårn

Copenhagen, Denmark

Rundetårn

The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.

Geodetic Midpoint of Denmark

Copenhagen, Denmark

Geodetic Midpoint of Denmark

Once a meeting point for great thinkers, and the midpoint of the country.

Nancy Kerlin Barnett Grave

Franklin, Indiana

Nancy Kerlin Barnett Grave

A burial site located in the middle of a road.

McDonald's in Freeport, ME.

Freeport, Maine

Freeport McDonald's

When the town wouldn't allow the fast-food behemoth to build a new restaurant, they put one inside an 1850 home.

Lenny the Chocolate Moose

Scarborough, Maine

Lenny the Chocolate Moose

This 1,700-pound edible sculpture is way better than your average chocolate mousse.

Looking through bridge toward road

York, Maine

Wiggly Bridge

True to its name, this bouncy walkway may be the world’s smallest suspension bridge.

Sponsored By Visit Maine
International Cryptozoology Museum

Bangor, Maine

International Cryptozoology Museum

The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.

The facade.

Paris, France

'Les Spécialistes' Fake Door

This banal Parisian entranceway is not what it seems.

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