Paris, France
Le Comptoir Général
This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.
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Paris, France
This Paris art space celebrates the creativity and ingenuity that springs from abject poverty, especially in Africa.
Falcon Heights, Minnesota
This taxidermic smorgasbord was co-created by an artist poached from the Museum of Natural History.
New York, New York
For over 30 years the walls of this Harlem schoolyard have been a gallery of street art by "Kings and better."
Reading, England
This natural history collection contains the bones of a circus elephant that seem to be chasing a whale skeleton.
New York, New York
A museum collection honoring the long history of the FDNY is held in a disused Manhattan fire house.
New York, New York
The smallest island in Manhattan is a manmade landfill dominated by a Buddhist peace arch.
New York, New York
The famous facade of Grand Central Terminal hides a regulation tennis court—and it's not the first one.
Çumra, Turkey
The largest Neolithic ruins in the world hide a notably clean prehistoric metropolis.
Newton Abbot, England
The legend says that this English rock formation was once a hunter who was turned to stone by annoyed witches.
Lake George, New York
This throwback amusement park is home to rides and unique storybook figures from the past.
Dresden, Germany
This Dresden church was purposely rebuilt Protestant after being demolished in World War II.
Bordoy, Faroe Islands
Despite finally receiving electricity in 1970, this tiny town is now deserted.
Menlo Park, California
Hidden among the multi-million dollar mansions in the Santa Cruz hills is a sanctuary for troubled birds.
Bremerhaven, Germany
The only remaining U-boat that is still floating never actually saw any action in World War II.
Chicago, Illinois
The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.
Chicago, Illinois
This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.
Laboe, Germany
This monument to those fallen in the World Wars is accompanied by a U-boat that Germany bought for a Deutsche Mark.
Wilmington, Delaware
This collection of odd proofs of concept is like taking a walk through the imagination of a Victorian engineer.
London, England
A roadside shrine to a late rock god only remains thanks to the unyielding efforts of his fans.
Birkenhead, England
After mysteriously refusing to surrender at the end of World War II this sunken submarine was only salvaged in a search for Nazi gold.
Weston-super-Mare, England
The world's largest museum devoted solely to the whirlybird comes complete with its own chopper graveyard.
Kaltenbach, Austria
Part ski resort, part modern art space, this lodge brings giant metal spiders and bloody doors to the Austrian Alps.
Chicago, Illinois
The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.
Rome, Italy
One of Catholicism's four major basilicas has a series of papal portraits that are said to predict the end of the world.