Painswick, England
Painswick Rococo Garden
Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.
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Painswick, England
Asthmatic Charles Hyett's son built a fantastical garden for his father to convalesce in, alas it was too late.
Haines Falls, New York
A stunning, two-tiered waterfall made famous by poets, artists and the legend of a ghost dog.
Elka Park, New York
An abandoned 19th century quarry in the middle of the woods, remade by unnamed wanderers into a massive series of rock thrones.
Keeseville, New York
This sandstone gorge in New York State's Adirondack Mountains is home to waterfalls, flumes, and more.
Zhengzhou, China
A magical work of architecture where a wind turbine enables monks to levitate.
London, England
No one knows who created the statues or if they are arranged properly—let alone the artwork's real name.
Portland, Oregon
Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."
Brooklyn, New York
Dedicated to preserving the history of free Black communities in Brooklyn and beyond.
Stockholm, Sweden
Sweden's "good old days" painstakingly re-created in a model village.
Stockholm, Sweden
A hidden bathhouse in one of Stockholm's oldest and busiest neighborhoods is open to anyone who can find it.
Donaueschingen, Germany
The great Danube river starts here.
Milan, Italy
An exclusive waiting room built for the royal family in the 1920s is hidden in Milan’s central station.
Paris, France
This life-size replica of the Statue of Liberty's flame is also a tribute to Princess Diana by default.
Paris, France
A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.
Paris, France
High atop the Eiffel Tower is a small apartment built exclusively to entertain the science elite and make the rest of Paris jealous.
London, England
The signs of a long buried road can still be found hidden beneath a London sewer grate.
Puebla, Mexico
The "world's smallest volcano" has been used to store meals and dispose of dead bodies.
Lalibela, Ethiopia
An otherworldly restaurant perched on the edge of a jagged cliff next to a medieval holy city.
New York, New York
A Manhattan office building is home to the world’s largest chess board.
New York, New York
A quiet and contemplative oasis in the middle of New York's bustle and riot.
New York, New York
Amid the bustle and noise of the Financial District hides a secluded garden oasis above the city streets.
Topanga, California
An unreal vintage shop that wears its dadaist influence on its zombie fish.
Samarkand, Uzbekistan
The Avenue of Mausolea is a series of grand palatial tombs.
Krakow, Poland
Beneath Kraków Old Town's main square lies a hologram-filled medieval market vampire graveyard wonderland.