Meybod, Iran
Yakhchāls
Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.
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Meybod, Iran
Ancient structures used to make and preserve ice in the deserts of Persia.
Toronto, Ontario
This colorful creation wasn't always a welcome part of Toronto's Moccasin Trail Park.
Fanny Bay, British Columbia
The whimsical legacy of a Canadian artist.
El Paso, Texas
The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.
Cortez, Florida
An eclectic treasure trove of maritime marvels.
Iż-Żejtun, Malta
A hidden tunnel of bones in one of Malta's oldest churches.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.
Kyiv, Ukraine
A tribute to a Ukrainian heroine who went undercover and killed several Nazi operatives.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the man who almost killed Hitler.
Valjevo, Serbia
A tribute to a man who defied the Nazis until his last breath.
Warsaw, Poland
A tribute to the Polish insurgents who fought in the failed attempt to end their city's Nazi occupation.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A statue in the heart of Edinburgh honors a bear that served in the Polish military during World War II.
Culver City, California
A museum, art project, and institution that demands we look at the world around us in a strange new way.
Rancho Cucamonga, California
A living museum dedicated to the legendary woodworker and his soulful furniture.
East Molesey, England
Carved initials which are nearly 500 years old preserve the deposed Queen's presence at Hampton Court Palace.
Whitehorse, Yukon
Home to a full cast of the largest woolly mammoth ever recovered in North America.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.
San Francisco, California
The neighborhood church casts a breast-shaped shadow that locals have come to call the “two o’clock titty.”
Nashville, Tennessee
One Confederate statue that accurately reflects the ugliness of its subject.
Houghton le Spring, England
The nearly 200-year-old folly has a secret spiral staircase hidden in one of its pillars.
Forest Park, Illinois
Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.
Alexandria, Scotland
A local tree surgeon has created a whimsical walk full of carved tree stumps near Scotland's Loch Lomond.
Câmpina, Romania
This eccentric folly house was designed by Romanian thinker Bogdan-Petriceicu Hasdeu, with a helping hand from his deceased daughter's spirit.
Memphis, Tennessee
The "Jade Museum" is full of thousands of intricately carved works of art made from various precious stones.