Barskoon, Kyrgyzstan
Monument to Yuri Gagarin
A boulder carved into the shape of the cosmonaut's head.
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Barskoon, Kyrgyzstan
A boulder carved into the shape of the cosmonaut's head.
Manitoba
The world's largest and most outstanding marl lake regularly changes color.
Washington, D.C.
A wondrous old library overlooking the nation's capital.
Washington, D.C.
A nostalgic bibliographic gem.
Dresden, Germany
In addition to fine dairy products, the world's most beautiful milk shop also offers a feast for the eyes.
Brussels, Belgium
This modern arts center is built around a gem of late-Baroque architecture.
Szymbark, Poland
Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.
Budai Township, Taiwan
Visit this church that's shaped like a giant glass pump either to cater to women or to reference a tragic local tale. Or both.
Eleele, Hawaii
This industrial area was the dumping ground for massive amounts of trash, some of which washes up as tiny bits of sea glass.
Hendersonville, North Carolina
These eerie outliers of the lightning bug family glow a mysterious blue color.
Macclesfield, England
One of the largest mechanical models of the solar system in the world.
Melilla, Spain
A five-square-mile slice of Spain on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa.
New Harmony, Indiana
This open air cathedral invites all faiths to worship under the only roof big enough to fit them all: the sky.
Oegstgeest, Netherlands
The world’s first interactive human body museum also serves as a chair for a giant orange man.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The artist and his brother are buried in a landscape straight out of a van Gogh painting.
Pitumarca, Peru
A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.
Auvers-sur-Oise, France
The room where Vincent van Gogh died.
London, England
An small and easily overlooked archaeology museum chock full of Egyptian artifacts.
Columbia Falls, Maine
This colorful theme park dedicated the official fruit of Maine serves sweet, tasty treats.
Hauterives, France
This whimsical castle of grottoes was the labor of love of a French postman, and one of the greatest achievements of outsider architecture.
Graz, Austria
Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.
Giverny, France
At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.
Hallstatt, Austria
An Austrian house of bones filled with hundreds of intricately painted skulls.
Tokyo, Japan
Every color in the rainbow awaits.