Leadhills, Scotland
Glengonnar Halt Station
The highest station on the highest adhesion railway in the British Isles.
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Leadhills, Scotland
The highest station on the highest adhesion railway in the British Isles.
Hnífsdalur, Iceland
One of the world’s most dangerous roads may be this abandoned shore route in Iceland.
Scotland Neck, North Carolina
Amazing collection of over 2,000 live birds from around the world, many of which are rare or endangered.
Casablanca, Morocco
A recreation of the bar from the classic 1942 movie “Casablanca.”
Keelung City, Taiwan
You can hear Buddhist prayers in this elevated sea cave once used by monks.
Robbinsville, New Jersey
This Hindu temple in suburban New Jersey is the largest in the United States and one of the largest in the world.
Hong Kong
Quirky bronze statue depicts the chaos of everyday life in Hong Kong.
Belleville, Kansas
A real haunted house with an extensive history going back to 1893.
Pune, India
Historic anchors for the animals that once carried India’s mail.
Manchester, England
It’s a street without a name, but there is a sign.
Aarhus, Denmark
At these downtown crossings, pedestrian lights show axe-wielding Vikings instead of the usual walking figures.
Filadelfia, Paraguay
A small museum tells how a group of Russian Mennonites ended up in the Paraguayan Chaco.
Essex, England
The spirit of an executioner is said to cause cars to roll uphill in this English forest.
Nivelles, Belgium
The patron saint of cats founded this stunning Romanesque church in the 7th century.
Paris, France
A cocktail lounge decorated like an American dive bar, in honor of the legendary author Ernest Hemingway.
North Canaan, Connecticut
A small memorial dedicated to a man purportedly killed when a meteor the size of an SUV crashed into him.
Grand Forks, North Dakota
An obelisk commemorates historic floods that hit two towns along the Red River of the North.
Kalsoy, Faroe Islands
This statue commemorates the tale of the fisherman who captured a Kópakonan by stealing her skin while she was transformed as a woman.
Brașov, Romania
A habitable museum, or a time machine into Romania’s Communist era?
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.
Great Barrington, Massachusetts
A stone monument marks the location of the final battle of an armed uprising which had a significant impact on the creation of the US Constitution.
Quintanar de la Orden, Spain
Cervantes’ Don Quixote lives on in mosaics at this La Mancha winery.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna’s most overlooked celebrity is a Disney star.
Wonastow, Wales
A 17th-century manor house with a Tudor garden and some chilling history.