Waxhaw, North Carolina
The Museum of the Alphabet
Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.
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Waxhaw, North Carolina
Trace the history of writing at this unusual North Carolina destination.
Narusawa-mura, Japan
A 70-foot-deep ice cave formed by lava from Mt. Fuji on the edge of Japan's "Suicide Forest."
London, England
One of the few remaining casualties of the London Blitz, this destroyed church has become an enchanting public garden.
Cedar Creek, Texas
The world's largest squirrel statue clutches a pecan bigger than your head.
Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
The world’s largest work of glass art hides in this stunning Taiwanese subway station.
Washington, D.C.
There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.
Annapolis, Maryland
This 16-foot, intricately detailed model of the Gearing-class destroyer has been called the most detailed model ship ever built.
Staunton, Illinois
This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.
Altadena, California
"The Hoppiest Place in the World" holds the world’s largest collection of bunny memorabilia and is a singular testament of a couple's devotion to all things Leporidae.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
This crescent-shaped sliver of sand is a magical haven for a herd of feral horses.
Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, Québec
This chilly Canadian hotel has a four-month lifespan due to the unusual material it's made of.
Coquitlam, British Columbia
Historic psychiatric asylum and most-filmed location in the Great White North.
Toronto, Ontario
A book collector's dream, this Toronto bookstore has the world's first "Biblio-Mat," a random book vending machine.
Brooklyn, New York
The one-stop shop for all of your superhero (or evil arch-nemesis) needs.
Gran Sabana, Venezuela
This "floating island" plateau sits 7,671 feet above the forest floor.
Kazanlak, Bulgaria
An abandoned saucer-shaped monument in the Bulgarian mountains.
Saariselkä, Finland
Rent out a glass igloo to watch the Northern Lights like you live in the future.
Panguipulli, Chile
This odd Chilean waterfall-cano hotel must be entered via a rope bridge.
Taketomi, Japan
White beach sands made of the remains of tiny, star shaped creatures.
Chiang Rai, Thailand
A white Buddhist temple with a golden restroom.
Oradour-sur-Glane, France
This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.
Turda, Romania
This massive underground salt mine now holds a sci-fi theme park in its depths.
Baikonur, Kazakhstan
World's oldest and largest space launch facility, once a secret missile testing site.
Florence, Italy
The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.