Chicago, Illinois
Thorne Miniature Rooms
Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.
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Chicago, Illinois
Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.
Savannah, Georgia
Local myth claims this is a Sears catalogue home with its windows installed upside-down.
Villa de Leyva, Colombia
This whimsical home made entirely from clay is basically a giant piece of pottery.
Thessaloniki, Greece
An abandoned Byzantine fortress and notorious prison.
Prague, Czechia
This charming wooden church was disassembled and moved not once but twice before settling in this Prague garden.
London, England
19th-century scientists would make the pilgrimage here to verify the precision of their measuring sticks.
Helotes, Texas
Over 100 million years ago, beach-bound dinosaurs left permanent marks on San Antonio's landscape.
Shamrock, Texas
Once in disrepair, this popular Texas stop along iconic Route 66 has been restored to its past glory.
Sonoma, California
The unedited photograph called "Bliss" has graced the screens of over a billion computers.
Ogdensburg, New Jersey
Hundreds of glow-in-the-dark objects light up a museum in a historic zinc mine.
Warsaw, Virginia
The Virginia home of one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence is being preserved with a unique glass facade.
Boston, Massachusetts
A tiny plaque marks the location of the water source that facilitated the birth of modern-day Boston.
Agoura Hills, California
The show's fictional Korean medical camp was created in the Santa Monica hills.
London, England
Hidden beneath the streets of London is a secret subway that only carried mail.
Corbett, Oregon
A roaring, awe-inspiring double cascade of icy water flows through woodland Oregon like something out of a Tolkien novel.
Boudry, Switzerland
This lovely little bridge hidden in a Switzerland gorge is essentially a fairytale.
Isle of Skye, Scotland
This dramatic landscape hidden on the Isle of Skye looks as though you've stepped into the magical realm.
Oxford, England
J.R.R Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, and other "Inklings" met at the Oxford pub to discuss the now legendary fantasy stories they were writing.
Lewes, Delaware
A wrecked ship dating back to the American Revolution was only recently discovered off the Delaware coast.
Ketura, Israel
This tree was extinct for a thousand years before sprouting again from a 2,000-year-old seed.
Strasbourg, France
This 14th century wine cellar is home to the oldest barrel-stored wine in the world.
Prague, Czechia
A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.
Hamburg, Germany
Model Trains and Much More in Hamburg.
Naval Air Station Point Mugu, California
A stranded woman lived alone on this remote island for 18 years, inspiring the great children's novel "Island of the Blue Dolphins."