Chicago, Illinois
Obama Kissing Rock
The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.
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Chicago, Illinois
The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
Dublin, Ohio
The inventor of a number of hybrid corn species is immortalized with a field of giant corn.
London, England
A hidden treasure in London with a rich medieval history, and the resting place of many luminaries.
Evanston, Illinois
Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.
Lakewood, Colorado
Rather than a run-of-the-mill franchise hotel, this lodging has been decked out in dinosaur decor.
Jacksonville, Florida
This ancient octopus-like tree was saved from destruction thanks to shady reporting.
Mono County, California
This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Once adorning a New York skyscraper, these reclaimed ruins now haunt an Indiana park.
St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.
Waco, Texas
Visitors can walk over the largest concentration of Columbian mammoths to have died from one event.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.
Madrid, Spain
A lush indoor jungle fills this bustling Madrid transportation hub.
Waterbury, Vermont
The sweetest graveyard in the world is filled with headstones for dearly de-pinted ice cream flavors.
Ansted, West Virginia
The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.
Copenhagen, Denmark
An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.
Hunedoara, Romania
This fairy-tale castle would make Dracula (who is said to have been imprisoned there) jealous.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Seven mini rowhouses fill the gap between 54 and 70 Westerstraat.
Prague, Czechia
A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.
Delta, Utah
Dig for your own trilobites in this goldmine of invertebrates.
Prague, Czechia
Street artists transformed an abandoned air vent into the beloved Star Wars robot.
Washington, D.C.
During the Industrial Revolution this “Temple of Invention” was full of intricate miniature machines and gadgets.
Puerto Río Tranquilo, Chile
Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.
Weatherly, Pennsylvania
This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.