Haarlem, Netherlands
Teylers Museum
Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.
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Haarlem, Netherlands
Oldest Museum of the Netherlands is a true cabinet of curiosities.
Paris, France
This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.
Corona, New Mexico
Catch two 18-foot-tall ranchers mid-brawl as you drive by on Highway 285.
Paris, France
Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."
Paris, France
An overlooked marble is the only surviving in-place 18th century example of the measurement that changed how we define distance.
Paris, France
Down a cobblestone alleyway is a museum dedicated to Romanticism, with a secret garden.
Paris, France
A surrealist timepiece by the artist of melting clocks.
Dearborn, Michigan
A comprehensive archive of Hallmark Holiday ornaments.
London, England
An unusual ode to the late Irish playwright, complete with a squiggly bust and coffin-shaped bench.
London, England
Several plaster noses are hidden in plain sight around London's Soho neighborhood.
London, England
Named for a doctor who made a breakthrough in London’s cholera epidemic, this 1800s pub was also the site of a queer “kiss-in.”
Amersfoort, Netherlands
The gargoyles and grotesques of the 21st century are here—22 emoji built into a new building in the Netherlands.
Utrecht, Netherlands
Visitors can still take a train to this former train station turned museum.
Utrecht, Netherlands
The cutest way to stay safe in traffic.
Utrecht, Netherlands
Atop this former dutch railway office sits an interstellar work of art.
Antwerp, Belgium
The patron of this extravagant Art Nouveau confection insisted that nothing less than a boat should project from its facade.
Antwerp, Belgium
This statue dedicated to the story of a Flemish boy and his dog was relatively obscure in Belgium, but a cult sensation in Japan.
Antwerp, Belgium
A man throwing a giant severed hand towers over Antwerp’s main square.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A homage to the King at the hotel where he revived his career.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A monument to the King's final show, complete with a time capsule.
Durango, Colorado
A hotel with a rich Wild West history of miners and bootleggers.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Formerly the world's largest, this Willy Wonka-esque contraption runs 24/7.
Peoria, Illinois
This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!