Ikeda, Japan
Momofuku Ando Instant Ramen Museum
An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.
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Ikeda, Japan
An unlikely hit, this museum is dedicated to the inventor of instant ramen and cup noodles.
Sakai Ward, Japan
One of the world's largest ancient burial mounds.
Wakayama, Japan
A Japanese shrine to dolls.
Kinokawa, Japan
A calico cat named Tama was the wildly popular Super Station Master at this train stop in southeast Japan.
Kaunas, Lithuania
A memorial to the murdered Jews of Kaunas.
Karlsruhe, Germany
A kindergarten shaped like a cat with a tail that's a slide.
JuodkrantÄ—, Lithuania
Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.
Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Salantai, Lithuania
Sculpture garden of religious statues made it through Soviet rule.
Lookout Mountain, Georgia
A bizarre roadside attraction and the first instance of miniature golf in the world.
Baltimore, Maryland
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
Rushton, England
An intriguing three-sided folly is a testament to one man's devotion to Catholicism and the number three.
Bridgwater, England
The metal frame is all that's left of a wicker sculpture which once towered over the M5 motorway.
England
Once thought to be the mysterious work of a witchy prophetess, a well with unusual properties turns objects into "stone".
Coverham, England
A modern English garden of eccentric beasts, follies, and oddities.
Kassel, Germany
A sprawling Baroque park with 300-year-old hydro-pneumatic waterworks.
's-Graveland, Netherlands
The place where houses are born.
Michigan City, Indiana
A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.
Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Paranormal activity on the great lakes.
Bruce Crossing, Michigan
A mysterious light in the wood, rumoured to be the the ghost of a railroad brakeman.
Crystal Falls, Michigan
Covering 37 subterranean acres, this Armillaria gallic is a famous fungus with its own festival.
Marquette, Michigan
Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.
Wadsworth, Illinois
A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.
Dobbs Ferry, New York
This once-grand marvel of engineering is now 41 miles of scenic hiking trail.