Hrodna, Belarus
Mona Lisa of Grodno
The old fire station features a mural that has more to it than first meets the eye.
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Hrodna, Belarus
The old fire station features a mural that has more to it than first meets the eye.
Melbourne, Australia
These mythological giants take time out of their busy day guarding a Victorian market to let you know what time it is.
Rome, Italy
Roman-era ships unearthed...
Monte di Cuma, Italy
Virgil's many-mouthed gateway to the underworld.
Rome, Italy
Rome's ancient Etruscan rival, now a park full of ruins.
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Legend says that this short Canadian tunnel still holds the dying screams of a girl who burned alive.
Buffalo, New York
This unique crypt designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his longtime friend was not completed in either man's lifetime.
Florence, Italy
The doodles of a genius line the walls of a secret room under the Medici Chapel, where they were hidden for nearly 500 years.
San Francisco, California
The tea room that pushed the boundaries of adorable straight into... we can't find the words.
San Francisco, California
Only hotel where you can legally launder money.
San Francisco, California
This shop specializes in oddities and Victorian-inspired wonders.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
San Francisco, California
Join the circus for a few lessons to learn clowning, acrobatics, and Chinese contortion.
Villena, Spain
Containing a personal collection of more than 1,200 jugs from around the world.
Paracuellos de Jarama, Spain
The mysterious large white cross visible from the runway is a memorial to a massacre during Spanish Civil War.
Mataro, Spain
A local artist created this giant rippling wave.
Palencia, Spain
The gaunt visage of this angular Christ giant is enough to put the fear of God into all who see it.
El Campello, Spain
In this coastal town, the time-honored tradition of reenacting the struggle between the Christians and Moors includes the arrival of the Moorish fleet.
Villena, Spain
A significant cache of prehistoric valuables is on display in an unassuming museum tucked inside a town hall.
Oviedo, Spain
Two large posteriors in one giant statue.
Els Prats de Rei, Spain
Tower that was a frequent stop on the travels of King James I.
Tibi, Spain
Possibly the oldest masonry dam in all of Europe.
Castrillo Mota de Judíos, Spain
The tiny Spanish village that long refused to change its outrageously anti-Semitic name.
Pedraza, Spain
A site outside Pedraza, Spain where a plaque tells a tale of seven-legged creatures that were said to have once lived in the area—in the fictional world of Kcymaerxthaere.