Madeira Beach, Florida
The Church by the Sea
Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.
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Madeira Beach, Florida
Visitors flock to see this church tower's unintended feature: It happens to resemble a giant chicken from multiple points of view.
Tierra Verde, Florida
Fascinating military history, awe-inspiring wildlife encounters, and endless outdoor adventures draw people to this sprawling park.
St. Petersburg, Florida
The site of a gold-digging conquistador's bloody landing in the Americas.
St. Petersburg, Florida
A luxuriant botanical garden below sea level.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Sofia, Bulgaria
"Holy Wisdom" overlooks the city that became its namesake.
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
This ancient theater, restored in the 20th century, lives on as a venue for dramatic and musical performances.
London, England
The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.
Memphis, Tennessee
Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.
Paris, Texas
In Paris, Texas they have their own Eiffel Tower, it just has a cowboy hat on it.
Durham, North Carolina
This too-low North Carolina railroad trestle is still a notorious big rig executioner.
Seattle, Washington
A wall of chewing gum moonlights as collective art.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Seattle, Washington
A walk through the historic city center, under the streets of Seattle.
Murfreesboro, Arkansas
The only diamond mine in the world where you can keep what you find.
Field, British Columbia
Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!
Improvement District No. 9, Alberta
Though many were skeptical at first, these animal-specific routes across the Trans-Canada Highway have been a major conservation success.
Banff, Alberta
Since its original beginnings as a weather observatory mountaintop, this facility played an instrumental role in gathering atmospheric data for almost 100 years.
Canmore, Alberta
The granite head appears to be deep in thought and half buried in the ground.
Calgary, Alberta
A controversial blue hoop has been puzzling freeway drivers since 2013.
Atlanta, Georgia
An underground magnet for ever-changing street art.
Arco, Idaho
Home to the deepest rift anywhere on Earth.
Johns Island, South Carolina
One of the oldest living oak trees in the Southeast.
Tampa, Florida
One of the last of the great 1920s movie palaces is a Floridian Greco-Spanish-Persian dreamscape.