Dublin, Ireland
Freemasons' Hall
The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.
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Dublin, Ireland
The Grand Lodge of Ireland is one of the oldest in the world, full of fantastical, elaborately themed rooms.
Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
This strange building looks like a medieval fortress crashed into a 1960s Brutalist office block.
Luján de Cuyo, Argentina
A brightly colored natural bridge formed by mineral-rich hot springs high up in the Andes.
Withernsea, England
This two-towered gateway is all that remains of the unluckiest pier in the world.
Alofi, Niue
A tiny, remote island packed with wonders both natural and geeky.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.
Ganja, Azerbaijan
A quirky house created entirely out of glass bottles combines a collector's spirit with an artist's flair.
Bell Island, Newfoundland and Labrador
A crescent of 12 simple statues poised on a small windswept island off the coast of Newfoundland.
Santiago, Chile
The gorgeous murals at this open-air museum form the largest street art collective in Chile.
Halifax, England
A copy of the brutal decapitation device that predated the French Guillotine by about 200 years.
Mount Angel, Oregon
World's largest porcine hairball sits in a collection maintained by Benedictine monks.
Bologna, Italy
This zoological museum began as the first great curiosity cabinet.
Ngorongoro, Tanzania
These strange piles of magnetized volcanic ash travel across the desert about 50 feet per year.
Rayne, Louisiana
The above-ground crypts at this Catholic cemetery face north-south instead of the usual east-west.
Katowice, Poland
While the U.S. and Soviet Union were engaged in a space race, Poland built a UFO on the ground.
Huntsville, Alabama
This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.
Venice, Italy
This Roman statue is missing a limb from when the Venetians stole it from Constantinople during the Crusades.
Onomichi, Japan
The 43-mile route crosses through six islands with gorgeous views of the Seto Inland Sea.
Stoneville, Newfoundland and Labrador
The last remains of the extinct Beothuk people native to the island of Newfoundland.
Springfield, New Zealand
A giant doughnut was given to the small New Zealand town of Springfield to promote "The Simpsons Movie."
Manchester, England
Be on the lookout for the symbolic insect all over the city.
San Antonio, Texas
A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.
Amedi, Iraq
This beautiful arched gate is all that remains of the fortress the ancient mountaintop town of Amadiya once was.
Patan, India
This magnificent stepwell is designed as an inverted temple and adorned with 1,500 sculptures.