Olenivka, Ukraine
Underwater Museum at Cape Tarkhankut
Submerged busts of communist and socialist figures from the USSR.
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Olenivka, Ukraine
Submerged busts of communist and socialist figures from the USSR.
Västerås, Sweden
A floating underwater hotel, created by a Swedish artist.
London, England
A collection of comics, graphic novels, animation and caricatures devoted to exploring this often overlooked art form.
Corinne, Utah
An earthwork sculpture built by Robert Smithson in the Great Salt Lake only reemerges during drought.
Ecuador
A turquoise lake within a volcanic crater.
Aubagne, France
This workshop and small museum is dedicated to tiny, delicate figurines that began as a subversive craft after the French Revolution.
Toronto, Ontario
A 98-room castle in the middle of Toronto that bankrupted a 19th century electricity multimillionaire.
Yueyang, China
At nearly 1,000 feet long, this astonishing glass suspension bridge is one of the longest in the world.
Waldoboro, Maine
Toy museum in a former tavern is the expression of one man's life pursuit of the aesthetic power of cartoon imagery.
Las Vegas, Nevada
This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.
Maxton, North Carolina
This airfield is home to a number of retired vintage planes in various states of disrepair.
Listvyanka, Russia
A tiny park off the beaten path covered in ingenious scrap metal sculptures.
Vézelay, France
This church sits upon a peaceful hill and a long, turbulent history.
Tamura, Japan
"Bug Bug" Land, a natural park for beetle watching, still hasn't fully recovered from Fukushima's nuclear disaster.
Havana, Cuba
A bronze sculpture of Lenin’s likeness outside Havana surrounded by 12 human figures in solidarity with the Bolshevik Revolution.
Mexico City, Mexico
At a museum of everyday objects, it is the act of collecting that is really on display.
Keswick, England
A museum in England’s Lake District dedicated to the trusty pencil wants you to know the story of their World War II spy pencils.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
The remains of a enormous earthen figure of unknown origins cuts across a rural Wisconsin road.
Poulsbo, Washington
Sweet or salty, super hot or mixed into beer, this is the holy land for all things licorice.
Isahaya, Japan
This town near Nagasaki is flecked with fruit-flavored bus stops.
Villavieja, Colombia
Unparalleled stargazing, one of Colombia's best observatories, and a swimming pool can all be found in the middle of this ancient tropical forest.
Cape Town, South Africa
Formerly known as the Malay Quarter, Bo Kaap is a colorfully-painted suburb located in the “Mother City” of South Africa.
Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina
This stunning mass of ice spans 121 square miles and is still growing.
González Catán, Argentina
An Argentinian businessman facing terminal cancer built this whimsical medieval village using salvaged materials.