Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Shop #47 at Mwenge Woodcarvers Market
An exquisite and eclectic selection of African masks stands out within a massive woodcarving marketplace.
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
An exquisite and eclectic selection of African masks stands out within a massive woodcarving marketplace.
Sweden
Enigmatic bug-like sculptures mystify drivers along a Swedish highway.
Pisa, Italy
Next to the Leaning Tower of Pisa is a cemetery home to ancient sarcophagi and disturbing murals.
Kinderdijk, Netherlands
Birthplace of the "Cat in the Cradle" and a cluster of iconic, original windmills that let the Dutch tame the seas.
Malmö, Sweden
This poignant sculpture of a gnarled weapon is a symbol of non-violence.
Malmö, Sweden
This chimerical bridge/tunnel appears to dead end right into the sea.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Conwy, Wales
A former fisherman's hut deemed too small for habitation is now a delightful tourist draw.
Prague, Czechia
This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Venice, Italy
Go inside to really appreciate this 500-year-old technological masterpiece.
Paris, France
This iconic Parisian bookstore doubles as the "Tumbleweed Hotel" for traveling writers.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Past the hills and beyond the graveyard, this church feels extremely out of place.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
Toronto, Ontario
A fantastic place to see murals, and an important location in the history of Toronto's legal street art scene.
Helsinki, Finland
An alien church provides much needed silence in the midst of a Finland shopping center.
Beatenberg, Switzerland
Caves famous for the dragon-slaying saint who lived there.
Gadmen, Switzerland
This amazing pedestrian suspension bridge in the Swiss Alps would give Indiana Jones nightmares.
Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Two standing giants remain as a tribute to Luxembourg's metallurgical past.
Esch-sur-Sûre, Luxembourg
Once the local rulers had gone these enchanting ruins housed common folk in an almost real life fairy tale.
Berlin, Germany
Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.
Hamburg, Germany
Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.