Smygehuk, Sweden
'Famntaget' ('The Embrace')
This statue standing near Sweden's southernmost point was based on the grandmother of a modern movie star.
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Smygehuk, Sweden
This statue standing near Sweden's southernmost point was based on the grandmother of a modern movie star.
Hiroshima, Japan
An eerie reminder to the horrors of World War II.
Gothenburg, Sweden
One of the world's few mounted blue whales, its jaws are hinged open allowing visitors to descend into a lounge.
Huelva, Spain
This amended headstone marks the grave of a participant in one of the most successful military deceptions of all time.
Aurora, Texas
This small town Texas cemetery is said to be the burial site of a UFO pilot who crashed in the 1800s.
Nashville, Tennessee
Test your mettle against the hottest hot chicken in Nashville.
Nashville, Tennessee
Sip mead from an East Nashville apiary while snacking on barbacoa tacos.
Nashville, Tennessee
This seasonal soft serve shack has been doling out silky swirls since 1951.
Nashville, Tennessee
Feast on award-winning birria tacos from a food truck inside this neon robo-tiki bar.
Nashville, Tennessee
House a green chile pork Crunchwrap swaddled in hot, fresh tortillas.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The secret city built by the Manhattan Project.
Nye County, Nevada
A picture-perfect town, perfect for blowing up.
Nye County, Nevada
The largest man-made crater in the U.S. marks the spot where we once tested mining with nukes.
Marshall Islands
An enormous concrete structure built over a nuclear crater.
Krásno, Czechia
A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.
Graz, Austria
Double spiral staircases are not unheard of, but they are very rare.
Bern, Switzerland
The Swiss artist's bulbous and overgrown shape-shifting sculpture controversially graces the center of Bern.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.
Des Moines, New Mexico
This volcano rises like a giant anthill from the plains below, with a road spiraling up to the rim.
Nazca, Peru
The sophisticated hydraulic system of the Nazca civilization.
Saint-Étienne, France
An architectural oddity of six stories, accessed by graceful ramps.
Onomichi, Japan
This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.
New York, New York
A WWI fighter plane and turn-of-the-century penny candy shop are among the unexpected features of this Financial District building.
New York, New York
The oldest family-run luncheonette in New York, last renovated in 1948, still serves food and drinks the old-fashioned way.