Wellesley Island, New York
Just Room Enough Island
This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.
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Wellesley Island, New York
This tiny little island has, as the name says, just enough room for its single house.
Ohaupo, New Zealand
One man's dream has turned into this naturally growing chapel made of almost nothing but trees.
Avella, Pennsylvania
This Pennsylvania cave holds evidence of the oldest known inhabitants of North America.
Mandalay, Myanmar
This golden temple is surrounded by hundreds of stone tablets that comprise the "world's largest book."
Commerce City, Colorado
Happen to come across a dead eagle? Send it to America's official dead eagle warehouse.
Bloomington, Indiana
The world's largest collection of mechanical puzzles is a cornucopia of analog bafflers.
Copenhagen, Denmark
A collection of noses tucked inside an art museum reveals how times have changed.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Where unreadable addresses are read, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Demre, Turkey
A Lycian city of the dead carved into the hillside of Southern Turkey, complete with startlingly human touches.
Jacksonville, Florida
Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.
Elkhart, Indiana
A concrete block embedded with thousands of pulled teeth was created by a local dentist to memorialize his dog.
Buckfastleigh, England
This historic Benedictine monastery brews a booze so toxic that it has often been blamed almost singularly for Scottish hooliganism.
Chobe, Botswana
There is only one place in the world where the corners of four nations come together.
Kokilamukh, India
An Indian forest is being single-handedly planted after its creator was inspired by a slither of dead snakes.
Alton, New Hampshire
A stretch of New Hampshire lake water is the only ice runway in the lower 48 states that is FAA-approved.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The last of Philadelphia's wood-paved streets is now a landmark of terrible engineering.
Gbadolite, Democratic Republic of the Congo
The "Versailles of the Jungle" built by a dictator is now a decaying shadow of its hubristic grandeur.
Costa Rica
These mysterious ancient stone spheres were created by a civilization lost to time and are now mostly lawn ornaments.
Savannah, Georgia
Two flush headstones mark the only known graves to be embedded in an airport runway.
Baker, Nevada
This crumbling stump is all that remains of what was once thought to be the oldest living organism.
Carlsbad, California
This large collection of tiny things revels in the art of fine machinery well made.
La Rinconada, Peru
In this mine all the gold you can carry may not be as sweet of a deal as it sounds.
Castrillo Mota de Judíos, Spain
The tiny Spanish village that long refused to change its outrageously anti-Semitic name.
Chadron, Nebraska
America's largest man-made forest was planted in an effort to bring back the past.