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The Musical Manhole Cover

Hanover, Germany

The Musical Manhole Cover

This gateway to subterranean Hanover plays jazz, pop and rock to surprised passersby.

Dad's, which claims to be the original big banana.

Newport Beach, California

The Frozen Banana Stands of Balboa Island

Try the frozen treat that inspired Arrested Development's famous banana stand.

La lleona de Girona

Girona, Spain

La Lleona de Girona

Kissing the ass of this stone lioness has become a rite of passage in the city of Girona.

The site of Travis' rescue after the alleged abduction

Heber-Overgaard, Arizona

Travis Walton's Phone Booth

In 1975, a forestry worker in Arizona claimed to have been abducted by a UFO.

Good Luck Gas Station

Dallas, Texas

Good Luck Gas Station

One of the last Art Deco gas station still standing in Dallas.

 The Devil’s Tower

Alpine, New Jersey

The Devil’s Tower

Said to be haunted, this tower was constructed by a sugar importer as a gift to his wife.

Big Foot petroglyph, with standing figure to right.  The Big Foot is literally a representation of a bare human footprint, not the storied cryptid.

Clark County, Nevada

Black Butte Petroglyph Trail

The highest concentration of petroglyph sites in Gold Butte National Monument, plus an improbable early 20th-century dam.

Helios Lighthouse

Cologne, Germany

Helios Lighthouse

How did a lighthouse wind up in the middle of this landlocked German city?

One of the Bronze Age burial mounts on Krejansberget

Siuntio, Finland

Krejansberget Bronze Age Burial Site

These large stone piles are ancient burial sites.

Passageway

Athens, Greece

Panathenaic Stadium Passage

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

Culver Hole

Port Eynon, Wales

Culver Hole

This tall stone wall with no door and ill-matched windows was built centuries ago, and used as a shelter for domesticated pigeons.

In solemn step

Yorktown, Virginia

Surrender Field

The location where the American Revolution ended.

Monument to the Battle of Oum Tounsi

Mauritania

Monument to the Battle of Oum Tounsi

Initially meant to immortalize the valor of the colonizer, this monument is now a symbol of Mauritanian resistance.

Granite Skywalk

Porongurup, Australia

Castle Rock

A metal skywalk leads to the top of this striking granite outcrop in Porongurup National Park.

Sweepers Clock

Rotterdam, Netherlands

Sweepers Clock

The hands on this clock appear to be created by two workers sweeping debris into careful positions.

The Cizhong Church was rebuilt in 1914 after the original one was burnt down by local Buddhists.

Cizhong, China

Cizhong Village

This Tibetan and Naxi village's Honey Rose wine bears the mark of 19th-century French missionaries.

Strudlhofstiege

Vienna, Austria

Strudlhofstiege

A set of outdoor stairs named in honor of a famous Austrian artist.

Anime insipires

Chichicastenango, Guatemala

Galería Maya Pop Wuj

An art gallery that celebrates Indigenous Maya practices and traditions.

Petrified Water Wheel

Leeuwin, Australia

Water Wheel - Cape Leeuwin

This water wheel turned to stone in a matter of decades.

Davidson Whaling Station

Edrom, Australia

Davidson Whaling Station

The site where whalers teamed up with orcas to hunt baleen whales.

Old Watertrough of Stone

Saeul, Luxembourg

Old Watertrough of Stone

Resting peacefully between two majestically-slanted trees, this roadside water trough circulates water peacefully.

Skull and vertebrae of the mosasaurid Yaguarasaurus columbianus

Bogotá, Colombia

Museo Geológico Nacional José Royo y Gómez

A small museum filled with unique fossil finds, including one of the oldest specimens of ground sloths found in Colombia.

Sakura no Tōrinuke

Osaka, Japan

Sakura no Tōrinuke

Every spring, this walkway outside the Japan Mint turns into a cherry blossom tunnel.

Secret Buddha Garden

Ko Samui, Thailand

Secret Buddha Garden

A sculpture garden built by a retired durian farmer.

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