Santiago, Mexico
Tropic of Cancer Monument
This spot along the 23.5 degree north parallel marks the northern boundary of the tropics.
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Santiago, Mexico
This spot along the 23.5 degree north parallel marks the northern boundary of the tropics.
Frankfurt, Germany
After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.
Nantucket, Massachusetts
A museum dedicated to Nantucket's legacy as the "graveyard of the Atlantic."
Järva-Jaani, Estonia
Rusted cars, trucks, and buses form a fascinating collection of Soviet-era machinery.
Campbell Island / Motu Ihupuku, New Zealand
The most remote tree in the world is more than 170 miles from its nearest neighbor.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This small museum in a 17th-century building honors three iconic Scottish writers.
Seegräben, Switzerland
Europe's largest dinosaur museum was founded by a passionate autodidact.
Tucson, Arizona
This collection of neon icons is preserving Arizona's history, one sign at a time.
Madison, Wisconsin
A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.
Tallinn, Estonia
A forest park outside Tallinn full of architectural and artistic curiosities.
Malmö, Sweden
This collection of 80 polarizing foods aims to challenge your subjective notions of repulsion.
Tokyo, Japan
A 20-meter (65-foot) robot towers over Tokyo Bay.
Inglewood, California
A giant donut stands as a popular symbol of Los Angeles iconography.
Kyiv, Ukraine
A Kyiv-based repository for all manners of discarded curiosities.
Chesterfield, England
This enormous spiral sculpture looks strangely out of place on the edge of a housing development.
Pamplin, Virginia
One man's lifelong collection of 10,000 rare steins tells the story of beer drinking from 1350 to today.
Kanab, Utah
Giant pinnacles in the sun-scorched lands of Southern Utah have been nicknamed "white ghosts."
Wilmington, North Carolina
Garden dedicated to native carnivorous plants and site of huge flytrap heist.
Fez, Morocco
The designated Jewish quarter in Fez dates back to the 15th century.
Naples, Italy
This Neapolitan exhibition hall grants weird and wonderful insight into the intricacies of human biology.
Budapest, Hungary
Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.
Budapest, Hungary
Uh, pardon me, ma'am, but I couldn't help noticing that there's a Columbo statue in the middle of Budapest.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
A brilliant turquoise lake in the mountains.
Winters, California
The only parking meter in the entire town, it is surrounded by 100 free spaces.