Wierschem, Germany
Eltz Castle - Burg Eltz
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
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Wierschem, Germany
This medieval castle overlooking the Elzbach river looks just like it did hundreds of years ago.
Malakwa, British Columbia
An old world fairytale-land with over 350 fairy folk figurines hidden amongst 800 year old cedars.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bouncing, delightful, mechanical art at the MIT Museum.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
Thanks to a quirk of elevation this gift shop produces magic doughnuts that are found nowhere else on Earth.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Moab, Utah
A house carved into a rock in the 1940s.
Green River, Utah
Bizarre lunar-like landscape with thousands of large stone "hoodoos."
Gun Bay, Cayman Islands
A massive maritime collision may have led to the myth of a resort island's strange financial status.
Bahamas
One of the deepest blue holes in the world.
Big Major Cay, Bahamas
In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.
Painswick, England
Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.
Coleford, England
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."
Saugerties, New York
One man's swirling six-acre monument of stone.
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
This monumental Jesus is often referred to as "Our Milk Carton With Arms."
Keystone, South Dakota
The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."
Dunedin, New Zealand
One of the world's steepest streets seems to have houses sliding down it.
Helena, Montana
Modeled after a famous church in Vienna, Austria—but in Helena, Montana.
Somerville, Massachusetts
Rising 30 feet in the air atop Quarry Hill, the Old Powder House is the oldest stone building in the state of Massachusetts.
Kerry, Ireland
An Irish town has built a statue to a silent film actor simply thanks to the holidays he once spent there.
Greenfield, Massachusetts
This tall Massachusetts folly got its name thanks to all of the purple prose its vistas inspired.
Los Angeles, California
The programmatic glory of LA's giant whiskey barrel building has become an upscale reminder of the city's kitschy roadside past.
Raleigh, North Carolina
This woodland architectural installation acts as a camera obscura for the heavens.
New York, New York
This sculpture by artist Fritz Keonig survived the 9/11 attacks and now stands as a monument to the victims.