Sweden
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Enigmatic bug-like sculptures mystify drivers along a Swedish highway.
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Sweden
Enigmatic bug-like sculptures mystify drivers along a Swedish highway.
Gland, Switzerland
This long line of cement defensive wedges is named after the famous chocolate bar for obvious reasons.
Meyrin, Switzerland
This statue of a Hindu cosmic dancer at CERN is a metaphor for modern physics.
Gland, Switzerland
This secret Swiss fortress is disguised as a harmless pink house, complete with fake windows.
Washington, D.C.
This groundbreaking 16th-century map is known as "America's birth certificate."
West, Texas
Some of the best pastries in "the Czech heritage capital of Texas" come from a gas station off I-35.
Lebanon, Kansas
Small plaque marks the spot, but the true center is located about half a mile away on a private pig farm.
Egkomi, Cyprus
This former Cyprus flight hub is now a crumbling, abandoned ghost complex.
Southwest Harbor, Maine
One of the few institutions in the United States devoted to the art of decorative bird carving.
Edison, New Jersey
In a New Jersey cemetery, the final resting place of two brothers who fell victim to a deadly mushroom.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Vaals, Netherlands
A beautiful maze marks where three countries meet.
Barryville, New York
Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.
Libya
Surrounded by a smudge of dark earth, this isolated volcano sits in stark contrast to the surrounding Sahara.
Clifton, New Jersey
Series of storm drains connected to a dark urban legend.
Ecchinswell, England
This grassy, tree-lined hill shares a name with the much-loved novel that it inspired.
Los Angeles, California
The abandoned zoo enclosures offer a perfect place to experience the other side of the bars.
Constantine, Algeria
This dizzying span over the ancient Algerian city was once the highest suspension bridge in the world.
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A field filled with carved medieval tombstones called stećak.
Oymyakonsky District, Russia
The villagers of the coldest inhabited place on Earth adjust to unique challenges presented by day-to-day living.
Onsted, Michigan
The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.