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This spooky statue sits outside a famous Prague theater.

A saintly relic hidden in a Prague church basement.

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

This walkway is so narrow it needs its own light to stop pedestrian traffic jams.

What looks like a crashed Zeppelin is actually a bright, airy reading room perched atop a modern museum.

A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.

A collection of anatomical samples from one of the first anthropologists to suggest that humans reached North America by crossing the Bering Strait.

This Prague museum collects brutalist relics and memories from the country's former Soviet rule.

This doorless 20th-century elevator doesn't stop or slow down.

This tipsy office building in downtown Prague was originally called “Fred and Ginger.”

A Roman-style column in Oregon hides a spiral staircase inside.

No two pieces are exactly the same at Portland's hippo-themed hardware store.

On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.

This rare, carefully curated collection showcases the history of neon inside a grandiose Elks lodge.

As a show of peace, a Japanese naval pilot gifted his 400-year-old Samurai sword to the Oregon town he bombed.

The first North American landing spot for James Cook on his third voyage of discovery in the Pacific.

This unassuming cheese empire in rural Oregon churns out more than 150,000 pounds of cheese each day.

A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.

The eerie remnants of an ancient forest were hidden under the sand for centuries.

No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.

On East Burnside, a 24-hour vending machine distributes world-class pastries.

A museum designed by and dedicated to P.T. Barnum in the town where he is buried.

The world's largest public collection of PEZ memorabilia.

An extra-wide chair built to accommodate the former president's big behind.