Honolulu, Hawaii
Bishop Museum
This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.
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Honolulu, Hawaii
This museum of Hawaiian and Polynesian culture is the legacy of the last descendant of the Kamehameha Dynasty.
Tonalá, Mexico
A tribute to the region's rich history of pottery art.
Húsafell, Iceland
Pick up this rock and become an instant legend.
Esie, Nigeria
More than 1,000 stone figures were discovered in a small Nigerian town, where they had been sitting for centuries.
Kano, Nigeria
Walk through history in a palace that has seen centuries of Muslim rulers.
Duffel, Belgium
The birthplace of the titular coat and related products celebrates its claim to fame with a statue of a coat.
Margate, England
Europe's "only museum dedicated to the decapod" is full of quirky and absurdist displays, including one featuring the "famous" Giant Crab of Margate.
Argentina
Stenciled handprints and wall paintings dating back 10,000 years, some of the earliest forms of cave art.
Alinja, Azerbaijan
In the foothills of the lesser Caucasus, a centuries-old fortress still stands.
Brooklyn, New York
Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.
Leeds, England
The bizarre headgear looks like it was made for a fool, not a king.
Lyminster, England
This carved stone slab marked the grave of a local dragon slayer, who makes a killer pie.
Abuja, Nigeria
This igneous rock monolith towers above the surrounding landscape just outside the Nigerian capital.
Zavikon Island, Ontario
The purported world's shortest international bridge connects a homeowner in Canada to his backyard in New York.
Lima, Peru
The little bear in the "funny kind of hat" has made his way from London back to Peru.
Poole, England
This rock was donated to the museum by an inspired young visitor.
Ghent, Belgium
An unsettling sculpture of a boy hanging out in a street in Ghent has been baffling visitors for years.
Caraș-Severin, Romania
Moss and stone turn this waterfall into an otherworldly liquid veil.
Munich, Germany
A stairway to heaven, or to nowhere at all.
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.
Tenango del Valle, Mexico
The archeological ruins of the ancient fortified city of the mysterious Teotenanca civilization.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
A tiny monument to the classic American candy.
Bakhchisaray, Ukraine
One of the cave cities of Crimea, built by the Goths in the sixth century.
New York, New York
A remnant of the original World Trade Center complex continues to serve as a commuter gateway.