Brno, Czechia
The Indecent Little Man on the Church of St. James
A cheeky architectural easter egg.
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Brno, Czechia
A cheeky architectural easter egg.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
An ancient Scottish rock formation said to be the gravesite of a giant remains ensconced in legend and intrigue.
Logan, Ohio
Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
Islanders once used this dramatic, otherworldly landscape to hide their cattle from Viking raiders.
New York, New York
This unmarked and unloved Manhattan subway grate created one of the most iconic images in American cinema.
Paris, France
Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."
Brooklyn, New York
This family-owned bakery is one of the last places in Brooklyn to sell the Nation of Islam–inspired bean pie.
Ithaca, New York
For a buck, students can snag freshly picked apples grown in the university orchards.
Chicago, Illinois
One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.
Newmarket, England
A misunderstanding gave this 18th-century racehorse a most amusing name.
Staufen im Breisgau, Germany
A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.
Irkutsk, Russia
Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.
Ashmore, Illinois
This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Everyone from Alan Ginsberg to The Rolling Stones has stopped by this classic dive bar.
Park Ridge, Illinois
A board game enthusiast's love for the game, memorialized forever.
Malmö, Sweden
The very rock that killed the stonemason marks his grave.
Dunedin, New Zealand
One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.
San Sebastián, Spain
The forest hides a cemetery where members of the British Legion rest in peace.
Miami, Oklahoma
This historic theater's pipe organ still accompanies silent films just like it did in 1929.
Miami, Florida
This Miami cemetery holds the remains of two Cuban presidents, a Nicaraguan president, and the senior Desi Arnaz. And it was once the resting place of the crown prince of Spain.
Clintonville, Wisconsin
A 100-year-old chair with joints "cemented by nature."