Heuvelland, Belgium
Potato Vending Machine
Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.
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Heuvelland, Belgium
Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.
Hong Kong
A half-century-old handmade dim sum joint opens daily at 3:00 a.m.
Portugal
This gaping hole in the middle of a remote mountain lake looks like a portal to another dimension.
Chicago, Illinois
A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.
Raleigh, North Carolina
A water pumping station disguised as a residential home to assuage concerned neighbors now tricks most passersby.
Birmingham, Alabama
A castle-inspired apartment building that has stood in Birmingham since 1927.
Rajsamand, India
The second-longest continuous wall on the planet protects a hidden secret in the deserts of India.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This icon of the Atomic Age now lays dormant.
Nienhagen, Germany
Twisted trees shaped by coastal winds make this woodland look like something from a spooky story.
Kelliher, Minnesota
A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.
Moab, Utah
It's safe—and permitted—to walk across these twin natural sandstone arches.
New York, New York
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Named for the 39 tribes that live in Oklahoma, this restaurant's menu deliciously highlights local flavors.
Musenyi, Burundi
For millennia, explorers were obsessed with discovering the source of the Nile—is this small mountain stream really the answer?
Linby, England
A blunder resulted in these charming stone-lined streams becoming the target of a Nazi bombing.
Ballachulish, Scotland
The location of the Bridge of Death and the Gorge of Eternal Peril in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Chef Lawrence West serves up Indian tacos, wojapi, and other Lakota dishes at the brick-and-mortar incarnation of his popular food truck.
Talkeetna, Alaska
This whimsical stacked cabin looks like something out of a children's book.
Wexford, Pennsylvania
A stone arch leads to a cavernous 1930s spring house tucked away in the Pennsylvania woods.
Sirmione, Italy
One of the most well-preserved castles in Italy also contains a rare medieval example of a port fortification.
London, England
A mysterious shape catches the eye in this 16th-century painting.
Meybod, Iran
Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.
Xilitla, Mexico
This dreamlike museum is filled with the works of an influential surrealist artist whose name you may have never heard.
Walvis Bay, Namibia
Hitch a boat ride to dine on stilts while watching wildlife.