Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
International Intellectual and Puzzle Museum
An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.
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Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
An institution dedicated to curiosity, logic, riddles, and Mongolia's long history of puzzles.
Fetlar, Scotland
On a remote island, legend has it that a fiddler and his wife were turned to stone.
Orkney, Scotland
The true age of this ancient stone circle is unknown, but its stunning vista isn't in question.
Baile an Truiseil, Scotland
The 5,000-year-old megalith is believed to be Scotland's tallest standing stone.
Stromness, Scotland
Possibly the oldest of Britain's ancient henges is also one of its most stark.
Lundin Links, Scotland
A trio of giant megalithic stones in the middle of a golf course.
Callanish, Scotland
The mysterious megaliths have enchanted and intrigued visitors for thousands of years.
Machrie, Scotland
More stones than Stonehenge, all scattered within a windswept landscape sure to enchant 'Outlander' fans.
San Antonio, Texas
Tile mosaics and quotes from Pablo Picasso add an artistic flair to these bus stop benches.
San Antonio, Texas
This hidden sculpture garden full of Wild West art is one of San Antonio's best-kept secrets.
Waxahachie, Texas
It specializes in outsider art and artifacts of secret societies.
San Antonio, Texas
The 40-foot-tall votive candle is the largest of its kind.
Baltimore, Maryland
A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.
Washington, Wisconsin
The oldest continuously-operating tavern in Wisconsin used a clever loophole to serve alcohol during Prohibition.
Newport, Rhode Island
A 60-room castle constructed by a horse-racing heir.
Millvale, Pennsylvania
An 18th-century Catholic church converted into an eccentric temple of music and bacchanalia.
Mexico City, Mexico
One of the world's richest men bought this former paper factory and transformed it into a mall.
Madrid, Spain
A vault of safe-deposit boxes in an old bank has been repurposed as a time capsule of Hispanic culture.
Paris, France
This Parisian café sticks almost exclusively to an ethos of reuse.
London, England
The first tunnel to be dug beneath a river, repurposed as an art and museum space.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
A restored Pittsburgh house of God has been converted to a marvelous house of suds.
Seattle, Washington
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This repurposed church offers a more literal way to get closer to the heavens.
Souzay-Champigny, France
Ivy-covered Medieval tunnels cut through this charming town in France's Loire Valley.