Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Fendika Azmari Bet
This nightlife venue and cultural center keeps a unique Ethiopian musical tradition alive in the nation’s capital, but breakneck urban development threatens to shut it down.
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
This nightlife venue and cultural center keeps a unique Ethiopian musical tradition alive in the nation’s capital, but breakneck urban development threatens to shut it down.
Stockholm, Sweden
There's something in the air as history repeats itself at this museum dedicated to the Swedish pop band.
Hargeisa, Somalia
Dine on roast goat inside a scrapped 1960s Soviet airplane.
Hargeisa, Somalia
A MiG-17 fighter jet sits atop this memorial to the indiscriminate bombardment of Hargeisa.
Hargeisa, Somalia
This cave located in the badlands of Somaliland contains some of the oldest cave art in Africa.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
On any given day this sprawling market houses literally tons of government-regulated gold, gems, and precious metals.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Buford, Wyoming
A monument to the egos of two railroad magnates that fell into decline along with their careers.
York, Nebraska
Visitors to this museum will uncover a whimsical collection of marbles from across time.
Pleasant Dale, Nebraska
The abandoned remnants of a little sanctuary for world peace that fell into disrepair.
Omaha, Nebraska
A brick-paved former section of the historic coast-to-coast highway.
Omaha, Nebraska
These experimental weapons brought World War II to Nebraska as well as 26 other U.S. states.
Horton, Kansas
A plaque recognizes "unquestionably the most widely published photograph in rural electrification history."
Muscotah, Kansas
This unfinished tribute to a hometown hero and early baseball great is now an abandoned roadside attraction.
Topeka, Kansas
A rainbow-colored house promotes LGBTQ rights across the street from the Westboro Baptist Church.
Kansas City, Missouri
Savor the famous tempura-fried pork tenderloin sandwich at this long-standing Kansas City food counter.
Plattsburg, Missouri
The man who was president for only one day and spent most of it asleep.
Hamilton, Missouri
Outside the Missouri Quilt Museum, this large spool has more than one million yards of thread—and counting.
Sumner, Missouri
This 40-foot fowl marks the so-called "wild goose capital of the world."
Godfrey, Illinois
Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.
Alton, Illinois
This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.
Staunton, Illinois
This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.
Livingston, Illinois
Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.
Fairmont City, Illinois
Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.