Bern, Switzerland
The Child Eater of Bern
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
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Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Lucerne, Switzerland
This memorial commemorating fallen Swiss Guards of the French Revolution has been called the saddest stone in the world.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Québec City, Québec
This lovely, if imposing, piece of Canadian gothic is possibly the most photographed hotel in the world.
Québec City, Québec
This steep cable railway has been hoisting passengers in the heart of Québec City for over a century.
Sumpter, Wisconsin
"World's largest scrap metal sculpture" stands in an outdoor sculpture garden in the middle of Wisconsin.
Blue Mounds, Wisconsin
This cave holds a surprisingly colorful variety of geological oddities.
Johnson Creek, Wisconsin
This supper-club-turned-concert-venue still serves drinks at its original rotating bar.
Jefferson, Wisconsin
The site of an ancient Mississippian settlement that appears to have flourished during the 10th to 13th centuries.
Baraboo, Wisconsin
This unique zoo is the only place in the world where you can see all 15 species of crane.
Asheville, North Carolina
The U.S. Supreme Court's secret Cold War relocation facility in the mountains of North Carolina.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Venice, Italy
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Williamsburg, Kentucky
Moonbows over Kentucky.
Mansfield, Ohio
Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.
Amarillo, Texas
A sculpture made of 10 Cadillacs as a monument to the “Golden Age” of the American automobile.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Strange red rock formations that have been attributed to a higher power for hundreds of years.
Holbrook, Arizona
See massive fossils that are over 200 million years old in northeastern Arizona.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
Matavun, Slovenia
This massive subterranean fissure is known as the "underground Grand Canyon."
Duffield, Virginia
A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.
Thurmond, West Virginia
Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.