Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
The House with Two Numbers
This residence straddles a border between Belgium and the Netherlands.
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Baarle-Hertog, Belgium
This residence straddles a border between Belgium and the Netherlands.
Chertsey, England
A statue of the heroine who stopped time to save her betrothed.
Little Rock, Arkansas
This Little Rock legend has survived decades of rowdy crowds, three fires, and a zombie wedding.
Hume, California
The second-largest giant sequoia in the world.
LaPlace, Louisiana
All that remains of this small town is its mass grave and a myth of a voodoo priestess who predicted its demise.
Glasgow, Scotland
This small memorial honors a ferocious feline and local hero.
United States / Canada
The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.
Glasgow, Scotland
The elaborate clockwork contraptions in this Scottish gallery create small worlds of whimsy and horror.
Fairlee, Vermont
Tracing a path of more than four miles around a frozen lake, this is the longest skate trail in the United States.
Murshidabad, India
In the palace with a thousand doors, not all of them are guaranteed to lead you somewhere new.
Stockholm, Sweden
"Only the dead get off at Kymlinge."
Shirley, Massachusetts
The head of a legendary creature allegedly killed during colonial times is now on display at a local restaurant.
Woodstock, New Hampshire
These towering spires and glowing walls are carefully crafted from hundreds of thousands of icicles.
Monson, Maine
The “Grand Canyon of Maine” is a three-mile gorge full of striking geological features.
Tokyo, Japan
Stuck in a bygone era, the oldest subterranean shopping street in Japan hides beneath the popular Asakusa district of Tokyo.
Sanford, Florida
This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.
Queens, New York
Behind these delicious arepas lies a true New York success story.
Paris, France
Site of a classic 19th-century physics experiment to prove the earth is rotating.
Zhangjiajie, China
The world’s tallest outdoor lift stretches along the stone pillars that inspired the floating mountains in the movie “Avatar.”
Rimrock, Arizona
This sinkhole in the Arizona desert is filled with carbonated, arsenic-rich water
Fort Wayne, Indiana
This grave marks the final resting place of pioneer John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed.
Almaty, Kazakhstan
Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.
Queens, New York
Out of a labyrinth of abandoned tunnels and stops, this Queens subway station is arguably the most mysterious—if it exists at all.
Haugesund, Norway
The iconic blonde bombshell has a familial connection to this town in southern Norway.