Oxford, England
The Bear Inn
This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.
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Oxford, England
This centuries-old pub boasts a collection of more than 4,500 snippets of neckties from around the world.
London, England
This pub was 238 years old when it decided to revamp its image: It started serving Thai food.
Basingstoke, England
At this historic pub, you can sit back, sip, and watch a whole century go by.
Weston, Missouri
The oldest bar in Missouri is hidden within a limestone brewery cellar more than 50 feet underground.
Simi Valley, California
Drink a Guinness under the wings of Reagan's retired Air Force One in his presidential library.
Binsey, England
This historic pub is a hidden gem for fans of Lewis Carroll.
Little Rock, Arkansas
This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.
Cape Town, South Africa
The first successful human heart transplant is depicted through wax figures at the hospital where it the surgery took place.
New York, New York
A tiny museum housed in a New York freight elevator specializes in the "overlooked, dismissed, or ignored."
Deming, New Mexico
In the middle of a desert subdivision, there is supposedly an impact crater site from Kcymaerxthaereal times.
Qesm Hurghada, Egypt
A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.
Nye County, Nevada
The site of an underground detonation of a megaton nuclear bomb in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Baker, California
This large pile of traveler-curated rocks by the dry lakebed is a longstanding tradition on the Old Mojave Road.
Film City, Qatar
A creepy, deserted mock Arabian village can be found in the middle of the Qatari desert.
San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
A massive display of meteorites all found in the Atacama Desert.
Nefta, Tunisia
The original movie set for the home of 'Star Wars' hero Luke Skywalker.
Yermo, California
A collection of anti-communist sculptures stands watch in the Mojave Desert.
Hadiyah, Saudi Arabia
Once a major stop on the Hejaz Railway, this desert station (complete with steam locomotive) has been abandoned for decades.
Ashalim, Israel
Deep in the Negev Desert, the world's tallest solar tower looks like a sight straight out of science fiction.
Mauritania
Initially meant to immortalize the valor of the colonizer, this monument is now a symbol of Mauritanian resistance.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.
Irkutsk, Russia
Thanks to a spelling mistake this bizarre beaver-tiger hybrid became the symbol of a Siberian town.
London, England
A measuring mishap led to these artificial stone ladies losing their stomachs.
Montreux, Switzerland
This statue pays tribute to the iconic musician in the place where he recorded his final studio album.