San Luis Obispo, California
Madonna Inn
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
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San Luis Obispo, California
A hotel and restaurant serving as the mecca of kitsch.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
Los Angeles, California
High on a hill overlooking Los Angeles lives a world famous, high-power conical Tesla Coil.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Brighton, England
The rotting skeleton of a shoreside fun fair that was destroyed by fire and storms still haunts the Brighton ocean view.
Brighton, England
Decrepit Victorian public lift is a white-knuckle ride.
Glasgow, Scotland
This stately monument has been wearing a traffic cone hat for decades much to the delight of the locals.
Manchester, England
Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.
Manchester, England
Have a seat with the father of modern computing at this Manchester monument.
Amesbury, England
Famously misunderstood wonder of the ancient world
London, England
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.
London, England
The Tudor-style cottage in the middle of the square is not quite what it seems.
London, England
The London statue that imitates passersby.
London, England
The last remaining example of the boatmen's perches that once dotted the south bank of the Thames.
London, England
This one has sailed five times as far as Sir Francis Drake's famous ship.
London, England
A statue marks the exact spot where The Boy Who Never Grows Up made his first literary appearance.
London, England
A naturally mummified 2,000-year-old man.
London, England
Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
London, England
Scattered throughout London are ancient remnants of the city's former bounding wall.
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
Portland, Oregon
The World's First 24 Hour Coin-Operated Art Gallery!! Plastic, Styrofoam, and Elvis--If you can't get rid of it, you might as well worship it!!
Portland, Oregon
This abandoned boat sits on a nude beach, is shaped like a UFO, and is covered in graffiti.