Shropshire, England
Ebenezer Scrooge’s Gravestone
A grave from the past became Ebenezer Scrooge’s grave from the future in the 1984 production of “A Christmas Carol.”
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Shropshire, England
A grave from the past became Ebenezer Scrooge’s grave from the future in the 1984 production of “A Christmas Carol.”
Madrid, Spain
A “floating horse” hangs menacingly over the heads of passersby.
Bremen, Germany
This is Bremen’s oldest historic district, famous for its labyrinth of narrow medieval alleys lined with tiny, colorful 15th-century houses that resemble beads on a rope.
Vallecito, California
The cavern’s main chamber is so vast that the Statue of Liberty could reportedly fit inside it.
Hong Kong
There are over 12,000 Buddha statues at this temple complex that has been mistakenly labeled a monastery.
Siem Reap, Cambodia
See the streets of Siem Reap light up with themed paper puppets.
Le Mans, France
A rainbow tunnel painted across three buildings and six storeys pulls a child (and every passerby) straight down the rabbit hole, ranked among the world's best murals the year it went up.
Heraklion, Greece
One of Minoan Crete's most famous images, a crowned, lily-adorned figure striding through a garden, was largely invented in the 1900s from a handful of surviving fragments, and archaeologists still argue about what it actually shows.
Ketchum, Idaho
A busy trail network outside Ketchum, Idaho, hides a small piece of early Forest Service history.
Bellevue, Idaho
In Idaho’s high desert, underground water resurfaces as a remarkably rich spring-fed creek.
Darmstadt, Germany
A forest outside Darmstadt becomes an open-air art gallery, where international artists turn trees, branches, stones, and clearings into strange, playful, and thought-provoking works.
Helsinki, Finland
Moved after its owner's death, this granite seat left the house with a haunting on its hands.
Kildonan, Scotland
Dating back roughly 240 million years to the Triassic period, it was left by a large, 12-foot-long crocodile ancestor called a Chirotherium or "hand-beast".
Evans City, Pennsylvania
The iconic grave markers from George A. Romero's 1968 horror masterpiece,Night of the Living Dead.
Binh An, Vietnam
Standing as a 12th-century architectural titan, this trio of brick structures boasts the tallest surviving Cham tower in Vietnam, reaching an impressive height of 38 meters.
Montreal, Québec
The haunting ruins of a once-holy church now stand as a forgotten relic of Montreal’s past.
Cleveland, Ohio
The second oldest Jewish cemetery in Cleveland was, despite its diminutive size, originally three separate burial grounds.
Indio, California
The sequential animation shows a galloping horse stretching, morphing into a winged Pegasus, and finally transforming into a bird soaring.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Amid miles of wooded trails lies the story of one of America’s earliest free Black communities.
Seattle, Washington
A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.
Scarborough, Maine
Maine’s largest salt marsh hides old roads, drainage ditches, and the remains of a canal once cut through its grasses.
Iceland
A small waterfall hides in a green gorge on the walk to Skaftafell’s famous basalt-framed cascade.
Es Castell, Spain
One of Europe's best-preserved maritime quarantine stations, where thousands of travelers were once isolated to stop deadly epidemics.
Gloucester, Massachusetts
This sculpture is dedicated to a famed cryptid and local icon allegedly witnessed in the early 19th century.