Coverham, England
Forbidden Corner
A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.
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Coverham, England
A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.
Berlin, Germany
These former Nazi anti-aircraft towers offer a singular view of the north of Berlin in the summer, and a sanctuary for bats in winter.
Paris, France
A series of abstract, silly sculptures represent the works of a great modern classical composer.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This city square is home to Amsterdam's oldest church and a statue honoring Dutch sex workers.
Berlin, Germany
Berliners converted a bombed-out, disused lot into a community-run urban farm with its own cafe and bar.
Spijkenisse, Netherlands
Peek through a transparent pyramid and drink in the mountain made of books.
Hana, Hawaii
A tunnel of hardened lava along Maui’s famous Road to Hana.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Sprawled across the Great Hall ceiling are various constellations and images relating to the zodiac.
Banos, Ecuador
A swing to dangle you off the very edge.
Pitumarca, Peru
A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.
Isle of Iona, Scotland
A small island abbey is the final resting place of many medieval Scottish monarchs, including the real Macbeth.
Tokyo, Japan
Starship-temple contains 400 tons of drinking water and offers free Japanese lessons.
Glasgow, Scotland
A scattered trail of street art adds a pop of color to the city's stark structures.
Mexico City, Mexico
Explore the atmospheric ruins of an abandoned convent in the dense forests of Mexico's first national park.
Manchester, England
Dating back almost 400 years, the oldest public collection library in the United Kingdom was once the study hall of Karl Marx.
Madrid, Spain
Commonly acknowledged as the only public monument to the Devil himself.
Berlin, Germany
The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.
Prague, Czechia
What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.
Paris, France
This former “ante-chamber to the guillotine” has been refurbished to illustrate the brutal history of French justice.
Rome, Italy
An abandoned Roman salami factory has found new life as an art space home to 200 squatters.
London, England
London's largest outsider art museum.
London, England
This luxury shopping lane has been protected by its own tiny police force for over a century.
Prague, Czechia
This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.
London, England
The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.