Vienna, Austria
Vienna Cloth Measures
These two 15th-century metal rods allowed people to check if they were swindled or not.
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Vienna, Austria
These two 15th-century metal rods allowed people to check if they were swindled or not.
Vienna, Austria
A small museum filled with over 1,000 clocks, and one particular clock calibrated to run until the year 9999.
Vienna, Austria
The house that took a plunge into the facade of a museum.
Radebeul, Germany
A museum dedicated to telling lies in service of the truth.
Cleveland, Ohio
Old car parts and assorted materials get turned into one man's mechanical treasures on the side streets of Cleveland.
Madison, New Hampshire
A very big rock just plopped down in the New England woods.
Bangor, Maine
The world's only international cryptozoology museum is host to an unrivaled collection of mysterious objects.
Orchard Park, New York
A natural gas leak provides a flickering flame beneath a waterfall.
Vienna, Austria
A non-stop elevator ride in Vienna's city hall.
Lincoln, Ontario
The third version of this tall sailing ship sits, rusted and burnt, in Lake Ontario.
Oil Springs, Ontario
A petroleum heritage museum on the site where James Miller Williams dug the first commercial oil well on the continent in 1858.
Salem, Massachusetts
Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.
Namibia
A desert that rolls right up to the ocean, where it's so dry animals live off the fog.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
Niagara Falls holds a special place in Nikola Tesla's history, so they put a statue on it.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.
Tallinn, Estonia
Walk along the medieval fortifications that have been protecting Tallinn since the 14th century.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Sevelen, Switzerland
The oldest surviving wooden bridge over Rhine lets travelers cross easily from Switzerland to Liechtensten.
Meyrin, Switzerland
The World Wide Web was created in this nondescript corridor at CERN.
Lisbon, Portugal
This Industrial Age architectural and engineering gem helps visitors and residents alike traverse Lisbon, “The City of Seven Hills.”
Buenos Aires, Argentina
105-foot wide giant metallic flower blooms anew every day in the heart of Buenos Aires.
Curitiba, Brazil
Solitary monument dedicated to the beauty of nature.
New York, New York
This mosaic dedicated to John Lennon was tended for years by a Beatles super-fan.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.