Zurich, Switzerland
Schrödinger's Cat
Hidden in the garden of physicist Erwin Schrödinger's house is a life-size figure of a cat from his famous thought experiment.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Odense, Denmark
'Stoppenålen' ('The Darning Needle')
This risqué sculpture, based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, caused outrage 35 years after it was erected.
Odense, Denmark
St. Canute's Cathedral
The last Viking king of Denmark is buried inside the crypt of this cathedral.
Kværndrup, Denmark
The Wooden Man
Generations have refused to move this doll from its dusty resting place to preserve a castle from a watery fate.
San Francisco, California
Peephole Cinema
A tiny theater hidden in an alley plays a constant stream of short silent films for anyone willing to peer through the peephole.
Denton, Texas
Goatman's Bridge
A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.
Tustin, California
Little Tree Church
A very tiny church, bisected by a now-dead oak tree and marooned in the middle of a shopping center parking lot.
Lincoln, Massachusetts
Ponyhenge
No one really knows how these old hobby horses got here, but the herd keeps growing.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Umstead Log Art
This fallen red oak tree has been transformed into a piece of trailside art.
San Francisco, California
Western Terminus of the Lincoln Highway
The United States' first transcontinental automobile road came to its end at this spot in San Francisco's Lincoln Park.
Estella, Spain
Park of the Sleepless (El Parque de los Desvelados)
A landscape decorated with enormous skull sculptures.
Catawissa, Pennsylvania
The Catawissa Caged Graves
These hooded graves are the only of their kind in the United States.
Nashville, Indiana
The Sock Barn
Where hikers on the Tecumseh Trail can exchange a dirty sock for a free geode.
Morrisville, North Carolina
Fabius Page's Mule and Horse Graveyard
Between 1930 and 1946, a tobacco farmer laid his beloved horses and mules to rest in this small patch of pine forest.
West Lafayette, Indiana
Neil Armstrong Footprints
Walk in the footsteps of the famed astronaut at Purdue University.
Lafayette, Indiana
Family Tree Gravestones
Tombstones carved to look like tree trunks are used for multiple generations of family members.
Hólmavík, Iceland
The Museum of Icelandic Sorcery & Witchcraft
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
New York, New York
Hess Triangle
New York City's smallest piece of private property.
Glasgow, Scotland
The Govan Cat
This small memorial honors a ferocious feline and local hero.
Washington, D.C.
Memorial to Japanese-American Patriotism in World War II
An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.
Washington, D.C.
Mary's Garden
An overlooked oasis of quiet on the grounds of Washington's monumental basilica.
Washington, D.C.
Albert Einstein Bronze Statue
The beloved statue at the National Academy of Sciences is oh so inviting to sit on.
Washington, D.C.
Lincoln Memorial Undercroft
A cavernous three-story, 43,800-square-foot basement that was forgotten about for 60 years.
Beauly, Scotland
Wych Elm of Beauly Priory
After 800 years, Europe's oldest elm tree has met its end.
