Odessa, Ukraine
Darth Vader Statue
A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.
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Odessa, Ukraine
A monument to Lenin has been transformed into a statue of everyone's favorite black-helmeted, fool-choking Sith Lord.
Odessa, Ukraine
Padlocks cover this rickety footbridge with love.
Corsham, England
Below a historic English market town lies a secret underground city complete with kitchens, laundries, storerooms, and an underground lake.
Chicago, Illinois
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
Seaham, England
A vortex fountain that seems to rise out of the ground.
Paris, France
This Parisian fountain is a little bit fantasy and a little bit nightclub.
New York, New York
One of the last few places in Manhattan that employed a pneumatic systemic keeps it on display.
Paris, France
This off-limits room in the National Library of France is home to a system of pneumatic tubes, once used to bring books to readers.
Harbin, China
One of the world's largest ice festivals dazzles visitors for over a month with radiant sculptures and carvings.
Tokyo, Japan
A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.
Kawasaki, Japan
A rare festival blending religion, blacksmiths, vagina dentata, sex workers, and the straight-up facts of life.
Elberton, Georgia
A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.
Salzburg, Austria
Trick water gardens from 1619 featuring a 200 piece mechanical theater powered by water.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This bright yellow relic is the final survivor of a short burst of seashell-shaped petrol pumps.
Queens, New York
The Vatican of the movie industry turned into an actual church.
Cambridge, England
Numberless clock creates a meal of time for the dreaded, insectile Chronophage.
Haspra, Ukraine
A castle perched precariously over the Crimean Sea.
Big Pine, California
Once thought to be the oldest living tree in the world, Methuselah was germinated before the Egyptian pyramids were built.