Gildeskål, Norway
Uredd Rest Area (Ureddplassen)
Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.
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Gildeskål, Norway
Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.
Gravesend, England
The last resting place of the famous Native American princess is marked by a haunting monument.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The final resting place of New Orleans' most famous voodoo priestess.
Clinton, Massachusetts
One of the oldest baseball fields in continuous use has been hosting games since 1878.
London, Ontario
The world’s oldest baseball field had to fight to earn its record.
County Donegal, Ireland
The world's toughest modern Christian pilgrimage leads directly to the gates of Hell.
Kerry, Ireland
Traveling this mountain pass reveals quaint stone buildings, stunning Irish scenery, and a bridge said to grant wishes.
Randers, Denmark
An Elvis superfan built Denmark's own version of Graceland.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This futuristically sylvan church is a glass-enclosed marvel of modern architecture.
Örencik, Turkey
This hunter-gatherer architecture is believed to be the oldest religious complex known.
Bishopthorpe, England
Cycle the solar system—from the sun to Pluto—right here on earth.
Thetford, England
A mysterious crater-like pond has a spooky tendency to empty and fill with complete disregard to rainfall patterns.
Barcelona, Spain
Barça football fans might see the insignia hidden in a church window as a divine sign.
Bayeux, France
This enormous "cloth of the conquest" depicts the Norman invasion of England in mind-blowing detail.
Silver Spring, Maryland
Live data is transmitted from the Atlantic coast to instantly recreate the ocean waves in this fountain at the NOAA headquarters.
Banff, Alberta
This mysterious taxidermy man-beast of the seven seas resides at the Banff Trading Post.
Padua, Italy
In medieval times this small stone seat was used as a bizarre way to punish insolvent debtors.
Halsteren, Netherlands
Invisible bridge parts the waters, invoking biblical images and preserving the ominous feel of an ancient moat.
Bethel, New York
The dairy farm in upstate New York where nearly half a million people gathered for three days of peace and music in 1969.
Wareham, England
In 1943 the British military took control of this village, telling residents they had to leave temporarily. The villagers were never allowed to return.
Marfa, Texas
This old abandoned sign flickers to announce a motel that isn't even there.
Vatican City
Breathtaking and huge 430 year old maps of Italy.
Weehawken, New Jersey
The boulder on which Alexander Hamilton laid his head after a deadly duel can still be visited on the New Jersey coast.