Ballycastle, Northern Ireland
The Kelp House
A relic of the region's rich seaweed industry.
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Ballycastle, Northern Ireland
A relic of the region's rich seaweed industry.
Sandy Creek, New York
A marker commemorates a 1,400-pound wheel of cheese made to honor Andrew Jackson.
Kutaisi, Georgia
A fountain filled with golden statues, celebrating the the ancient kingdom of Colchis.
Tunnel, Australia
This tunnel gave a name to a tiny community, but is now abandoned.
Turkey
Resting place and mausoleum of the founder and first president of Turkey.
Amsterdam, New York
Hilltop modernist/folk art shrine and gardens dedicated to a Native American saint.
Sapporo, Japan
This izakaya restaurant was designed to look like the Biblical vessel.
Rome, Italy
Striking fusion of Islamic and postmodern architecture, said to be the largest mosque in Western Europe.
St. Louis, Missouri
Odd castle-like structures for collecting water sticking out of the Mississippi River.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Soldiers’ scrawls turned into history’s signatures.
Maaloula, Syria
A historic sanctuary in the last refuge of the Aramaic language.
London, England
Where the dead once lay, art now plays.
Waikoloa Village, Hawaii
One of Hawaiʻi’s most notable historic petroglyph fields lies within a major resort.
Brookline, Massachusetts
Marking the location of the secret headquarters for the Counterintelligence Corps in WWII.
Huntsville, Texas
A pair of whimsical homes in Texas shaped like oversized Western wear.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Have a ball telling the time at this giant kinetic-energy clock.
Bratislava, Slovakia
We're not in Kansas anymore: the Strabag headquarters has a playful upside-down addition.
Zumbrota, Minnesota
Take a walk on Minnesota’s last historic covered bridge.
Cachi, Argentina
A Swiss man built this airstrip for aliens because a UFO captain telepathically told him to.
Hong Kong
A border town divided by the Hong Kong–China line, where entry still requires a special permit.
Plovdiv, Bulgaria
A shopping mall housed in a historic cinema and hiding ancient ruins under its floors.
Lanrivain, France
One of the last Breton ossuaries still preserving the bones of the dead.
Pieve Santo Stefano, Italy
A museum dedicated to highlighting the extraordinary in ordinary lives.
Cirebon, Indonesia
This historic 17th-century site once served as a secluded meditation retreat.