Seattle, Washington
The Red Hall at Seattle’s Central Library
A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.
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Seattle, Washington
A colorful architectural gem in Seattle’s uniquely modern Central Library.
Paris, France
This 400-year-old tree is actually an immigrant from North America.
Paris, France
The narrowest street in Paris.
Paris, France
This modest marker near Notre Dame identifies the very center of Paris.
Bremen, Germany
Constructed by forced laborers, this submarine pen is now a museum and war memorial.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Peebles, Ohio
The largest earthwork effigy in the world.
Portland, Maine
The world's only and thus largest collection of its kind celebrates everyday wonder through simple umbrella sheaths.
Thessaloniki, Greece
One of the most photographed locations in the entire city.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This historic Amsterdam bar used to accept sailor's monkeys as payment.
Egypt
An alien landscape of chalk-rock in the Egyptian desert.
Two Harbors, California
A remote one-room schoolhouse on Catalina Island, once a lifeline for local children, now abandoned.
Akron, Iowa
This 'terrible lizard' was one of the world's first animatronic dinosaurs.
Duluth, Minnesota
A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.
Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Home to a vast collection of The Wizard of Oz memorabilia and the site of an infamous theft.
Northome, Minnesota
A mapping error in the 19th century made loggers think this section of the forest was underwater.
Gimli, Manitoba
Icelandic settlement in Manitoba established in 1875.
Gimli, Manitoba
The largest single concentration of harmless garter snakes in the world is a writhing Canadian serpent orgy.
Altona, Manitoba
A massive, 76-foot-high version of a Van Gogh painting in Canada’s sunflower capital.
Uvalde, Texas
A 17-foot-tall cutout of the Texas-born actor stands alongside the highway.
Paris, France
A modern-day Lascaux cave underneath Paris.
Los Angeles, California
The legendary building that needed ghostly approval before being built.
Los Angeles, California
During prohibition, corrupt city officials ran drinking dens under the streets of Downtown Los Angeles.
Fontenay-en-Parisis, France
The post-apocalyptic remnants of a bucolic town ruined by a plane crash.