Brooklyn, New York
Avenue H Station House
This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.
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Brooklyn, New York
This unusual subway stop was originally a real estate office.
Ecchinswell, England
This grassy, tree-lined hill shares a name with the much-loved novel that it inspired.
Tattingstone, England
An 18th-century estate owner thought these cottages were an eyesore, so he artfully disguised them as a church.
Topola, Serbia
The interior of this Serbian royal family's mausoleum is covered with exquisite mosaics.
Brooklyn, New York
Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.
Rochester, Minnesota
This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.
Edinburgh, Scotland
A library where thousands of books explain how to avoid another Great Recession.
Lake Placid, Florida
Many of the murals covering this sleepy Florida town hide some sort of intentional error.
Guatemala
A ruined Maya city that suffered a years-long case of mistaken identity.
Harvard, Nebraska
The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.
Castalla, Spain
This site is both a remarkable reminder of the town's mining history and a fantastic government blooper.
Newmarket, England
A misunderstanding gave this 18th-century racehorse a most amusing name.
Washington, D.C.
The oldest building in the District of Columbia was preserved because of a mistaken connection to George Washington.
Staufen im Breisgau, Germany
A geothermal energy project gone wrong is fracturing the city's picturesque architecture.
Gerlach, Nevada
A collision of human error and natural geothermal pressure created this rainbow-colored geologic wonder.
Taxco, Mexico
This "cursed house" features secret rooms, hidden vaults, and dark escape tunnels.
Warminster, England
The longest hedge maze in the world.
Bovey, Minnesota
A futuristic climate change study is nestled deep within this public land.
San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain
According to tradition, King Phillip II supervised construction of the seat of his empire from this seat carved into rock.
New York, New York
This giant boulder is sandwiched between apartment complexes in upper Manhattan.
Washington, D.C.
A lovely aquatic park built by a one-armed Civil War veteran who made a fortune from lotuses.
Avalon, California
A herd of 150 bison live on California's Santa Catalina Island and are at the heart of an ongoing debate between environmental protection and economic expansion.
La Palma, Spain
Volcanic rocks ground down into sand make this Spanish beach as black as night.
Sydney, Australia
A boardwalk winds through this sliver of coastal nature hidden within Sydney.