Cambridge, Maryland
Bucktown Village Store
This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.
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Cambridge, Maryland
This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.
Riola, Italy
Sitting on an Italian hilltop is this surreal fortress built by the mad inventor of electrohomeopathy.
Ikaruga, Japan
Home to the world's oldest wooden building.
Seki-shi, Japan
This pond is so stunning it looks like you've stepped into one of Monet's masterpieces.
Lake Placid, Florida
Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.
Castalla, Spain
This site is both a remarkable reminder of the town's mining history and a fantastic government blooper.
Tsugaru, Japan
A train station decorated by a giant replica of the ancient Shakōki-dogū figurine found in the area.
Trassenheide, Germany
The first (but not only) upside-down house in Germany.
Szymbark, Poland
Communism's topsy-turvy effect on Poland has been brought to life in this wacky tourist trap.
Sparta, Wisconsin
These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.
Avesta, Sweden
A cuddly version of a dark mythological creature now acts as the mascot of a town.
Yoro, Japan
Experience park where visitors are told to expect the unexpected.
Paris, France
Once a 19th-century brasserie, this McDonald's exterior celebrates Alsatian design and the "King of Beer."
Portland, Oregon
Hundreds of handmade critters fill this tiny window gallery in the heart of Portland's Alberta Arts District.
Tillamook, Oregon
No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.
Xiulin Township, Taiwan
An extraordinary natural landscape of mountains, waterfalls, and rocky cliffs riddled with tunnels.
Brookings, Oregon
As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.
Gold Beach, Oregon
This historic steamboat is scuttled just a few hundred feet from where it was built over a hundred years ago.
Nehalem, Oregon
Mountain known by the Tillamook Tribe as "the place of the supreme deity."
Rockaway Beach, Oregon
Two massive rock outcroppings on the Oregon coastline.
Depoe Bay, Oregon
The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.
Faroe Islands
The largest lake in the Faroe Islands seems to be held hundreds of feet above sea level thanks to an optical illusion.
Brooklyn, New York
A Jewish deli run by Yemeni Muslims in an Afro-Caribbean neighborhood is quintessential Brooklyn.
Whitehall, Montana
The rocks of a certain area of Butte, Montana give off a musical ring when hit.