Trassenheide, Germany
Upside-Down House of Trassenheide
The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.
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Trassenheide, Germany
The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.
Kamishihoro, Japan
An isolated "phantom bridge" doomed to crumble into ruin.
Bena, Minnesota
An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.
Robertsfors N, Sweden
The cheese slicer may be a Norwegian invention, but the biggest ones in the world are found in Sweden.
Matawan, New Jersey
The creek where a shark wreaked terror upon New Jersey, and served as the inspiration for "Jaws."
Stokkseyri, Iceland
Inside this museum, visitors venture through ghost stories entrenched in Icelandic folklore.
Hveragerði, Iceland
Iceland's "Smoky Valley" is a beautiful river that is shrouded in a constant cover of steam clouds.
Panama City Beach, Florida
A graveyard of bathyspheres and diving bells paints a weirdly accurate account of ocean exploration's rickety history.
Iceland
This eye-popping Icelandic crater lake is surrounded by red volcanic rock.
Doha, Qatar
This vibrant side road in Doha was painted light blue to reduce heat.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
An unusual assortment of art, furniture, and other curiosities.
Iceland
Strange rock formations tower above the river that snakes through this enchanting Icelandic canyon.
Oda, Japan
"Singing sands" and the world's largest hourglass reside near Japan's Kotogahama beach.
Jaipur, India
The world's second-largest sundial, made entirely out of stone.
Genk, Belgium
This collection of solar timekeepers includes the world's first digital sundial.
Warren, Ohio
The oldest remaining authentic Putt-Putt course that Donald Clayton created in Ohio.
Prague, Czechia
Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.
Iceland
The final resting place of the controversial chess champion.
Rif, Iceland
A world-class theater sits hidden in this remote town in West Iceland.
Reykjavik, Iceland
Iceland's tribute to its thankless civil servants.
Iceland
Two volcanic lakes in an enormous crater formed in a prehistoric eruption.
Iceland
A giant concrete orb in far north Iceland marks the ever-shifting boundary.
Seydisfjordur, Iceland
An isolated, rusty phone booth commemorates Iceland's first international telegraph cable.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Where America’s first doomsday cult awaited the end of the world.