Mono County, California
Hot Creek Geological Site
This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.
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Mono County, California
This naturally heated mountainous creek has created a group of neon blue pools of potentially deadly boiling water.
Keraniganj, Bangladesh
The shipyards along the outskirts of the Bangladesh capital are a flurry dangerous boat breaking and rebuilding.
Jackson, Mississippi
Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.
Makanda, Illinois
This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.
Santo Amaro, Portugal
This Portuguese bullring is built right into the caldera of an island volcano.
West Sumatra, Indonesia
This Sumatran root bridge took almost 30 years to knit itself together.
Glover, Vermont
This "common-as-dirt" museum celebrates the glory of normalcy.
East Cleveland, Ohio
This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.
Renton, Washington
The final resting place of one of the most sensational guitar players of all time was created only after his father got the rights to his music.
Panjin Shi, China
A part of the world's largest marsh seems to be growing bright red Martian grass.
Sint Jansklooster, Netherlands
Repurposed space and ultra-modern construction collide to create this geometric wooden spectacle.
Boyers, Pennsylvania
The aggressively banal name of this underground fortress of bureaucracy does little to evoke its truly surreal existence.
Cornimont, France
This collection of French root art looks like an indoor fairy wonderland.
Puerto Río Tranquilo, Chile
Mother Nature outdoes herself with this stunningly beautiful set of caves carved into marble.
Newton Abbot, England
The legend says that this English rock formation was once a hunter who was turned to stone by annoyed witches.
Leuven, Belgium
A giant bug impaled on a 75-foot-tall needle.
Brighton, England
This tunnel entrance is built to resemble a grand castle but no one is quite sure why.
Villa Martelli, Argentina
This giant power line tower is a robot that can express its moods in neon.
Beijing, China
North Korea's massive art and propaganda factory now has an official gallery space in Beijing.
Paris, France
This surreal statue brings a famous French novel about a supernatural cad to arresting life.
Pingdingshan Shi, China
The largest statue in the world towers at 420 feet high atop another 66 feet of pedestal.
Northwest Territories
A mad mystery man who led Canadian mounties on a 150-mile wilderness chase is still buried with his secrets intact.
Arco, Idaho
The world's first nuclear power plant is open to visitors looking to role-play a meltdown.
Aarhus, Denmark
This colorful artistic feature atop a Danish art gallery allows visitors to stroll through a rainbow.