Fujinomiya, Japan
Tenshou-Kyousha Shrine Mermaid Mummy
Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.
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Fujinomiya, Japan
Reportedly 1,400 years old, this may be the first of the Fiji Mermaids.
Grafton, Vermont
Antique gaffe kept in the basement of a small Vermont natural history museum.
Hull, England
This mummified mermaid corpse is an aquatic curio that was eventually revealed to be a fake.
Seattle, Washington
A 100-year-old purveyor of curiosities, curios, and kitsch featuring mummies, shrunken heads, and a Fiji Mermaid.
Vancouver, British Columbia
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.
Island Park, Idaho
A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.
York, England
A century-old tradition has culminated in a small but singular collection of feline effigies.
Otranto, Italy
A 1,000-year-old church holds the bones of the Christian martyrs who died hiding inside it.
Iceland
The most powerful waterfall in all of Europe.
Sanremo, Italy
An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.
Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
This 600-year-old home seems to defy physics.
New Orleans, Louisiana
In 2010, Nicolas Cage purchased two plots in this cemetery using one to construct this strange pyramid mausoleum.
Albany, New York
This giant monument of the RCA mascot is a beloved fixture in Albany, New York.
Manětín, Czechia
Thirty creepy ghosts now inhabit this decaying 14th-century church.
Tambon Tha Hin, Thailand
Monkeys lounge around at this 13th century temple.
Otsuchi, Japan
A disconnected rotary phone for "calling" lost loved ones offered a unique way of dealing with grief in disaster-stricken Japan.
Wellington, New Zealand
The world's only complete colossal squid specimen is on display at the Te Papa Museum.
Ohaupo, New Zealand
One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.
Waiotapu, New Zealand
This electric green sulphur lake in New Zealand looks like a cartoonish radioactive dump site.
Castle Hill, New Zealand
The Dalai Lama named this New Zealand landscape the "Spiritual Center of the Universe."
Waitomo, New Zealand
Tubing through a cave lit with glowworms is a magical underground experience.
Sydney, Australia
Australian museum dedicated to human health and lack thereof.
Wentworth Point, Australia
Nature is leading a successful mutiny on this century-old freighter.
Wingen, Australia
6000-year-old coal fire moves one meter per year.