Gloucester, England
Gloucester Waterways Museum
This fantastic museum honors Gloucester waterway heritage.
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Gloucester, England
This fantastic museum honors Gloucester waterway heritage.
Lake Village, Indiana
A unique outdoor timepiece at a "clothing-optional" resort.
Ojai, California
Explore more than 130,000 new and used books in the "world's largest outdoor bookstore."
Ocean City, Maryland
This building at the south end of the boardwalk was once home to the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Coast Guard before being rescued itself.
Huzhou Shi, China
Home to around 40 different species, this forest was also the setting for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon."
Sluis, Netherlands
This museum is filled with an eclectic collection of unique inventions.
Nantes, France
A massively oversized measuring tape sculpture sits inside a hidden yard.
Creedmoor, North Carolina
Artisans have been gathering in North Carolina since 1989 to show off whimsical takes on an everyday item.
Northumberland, England
A giant piece of cutlery designed to remind us about the origins of our food.
Florence, Oregon
Fifty years after a “blast blasted blubber beyond all believable bounds,” this idyllic natural area commemorates the carnage.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Come for the giant taxidermy lion, stay for the knick knacks at this Minneapolis curiosity shop.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Grant Wood painted some of his most famous works of art at this studio.
Miami Beach, Florida
12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.
Key West, Florida
A historic landmark and museum filled with curious objects representing the history of Key West.
Fátima, Portugal
The ancient sauropod tracks found in this former quarry are some of the largest in the world.
Ogdensburg, New York
Located on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, this mansion is home to a massive art collection.
Baker City, Oregon
A bronze replica of half-consumed salt lick honors a quirky town tradition.
Klamath County, Oregon
The victims of a free-floating Japanese bombing during WWII are remembered by this stone monument.
Portland, Oregon
One of the world's tallest, oldest, and most disgusting chocolate cascades.
Rockaway Beach, Oregon
Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.
Zillah, Washington
Perhaps the world's only gas station inspired by a political scandal.
Goldendale, Washington
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
Westerly, Rhode Island
Tucked away in downtown Westerly is America's first shark history museum.
Gdańsk, Poland
This museum in the tower of the oldest church in Gdańsk, is home to centuries-old time-keeping devices and the world's first pulsar clock.