Charleston, West Virginia
Mortar Man
This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.
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Charleston, West Virginia
This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.
Rockport, Washington
The illuminated falls are a gem in North Cascades National Park.
Indianapolis, Indiana
A modern-day wunderkammer dedicated to Indianapolis history, Afrofuturism, and musical vibrations.
Kayenta, Arizona
Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.
Warsaw, Poland
The world’s narrowest house makes for an awkward, four-foot-wide living space.
Sierksdorf, Germany
A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.
Dijon, France
For over 300 years this little carving has been the city’s good luck charm.
United States / Canada
The entire length of the border is marked by a 20-foot-wide slash through the trees.
Buena Vista, Georgia
This folk art compound was built by a fortune teller on the advice of three people from the future.
Pensacola Beach, Florida
Pensacola's UFO home has withstood many hurricanes—just as the experimental 1960s design intended.
Nahariya, Israel
The most peaceful "country" in the Middle East.
Montreal, Québec
This 1967 experiment in modular architecture was designed to be a new model for urban living.
Paju, South Korea
A thriving artist's wonderland located just 6 kilometers from Korea's DMZ.
Goldendale, Washington
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
Nettleham, England
An abandoned 18th century manse looks like something out of an Indiana Jones movie.
Copenhagen, Denmark
An ultra-modern diversity park in Denmark has turned an entire city block electric pink.
Estero, Florida
Former utopian colony based on the belief that the universe exists in a hollow sphere.
Guadalupe, California
Coastal dunes, site of buried Egyptian movie set and former utopian colony.
Winchester, England
This silent sentry in the crypt below a large Gothic cathedral is often knee-deep in water.
Jeffrey City, Wyoming
This mining town boomed in the Atomic Age when uranium was gold, only to be abandoned when the industry collapsed.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The origin of this mechanical boy was a mystery until he revealed his maker by writing it in perfect cursive.
Pandzhrudak, Tajikistan
Where the father of Persian poetry is laid to rest.
Bahamas
This isthmus in the Bahamas narrowly separates the roiling Atlantic from the cool Bight of Eleuthera.
Gaffney, South Carolina
The record holder for the world’s largest peach.