Seattle, Washington
Kubota Garden
This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.
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Seattle, Washington
This semi-secret garden in south Seattle emulates a traditional Japanese garden using the plants of the Pacific Northwest.
Seattle, Washington
This edible park is open to any and all foragers.
Seattle, Washington
Make your reservation to have coffee with some kitties.
Cashiers, North Carolina
This 5-by-6-foot wooden hut is the smallest historic post office in the U.S.
Chicago, Illinois
This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.
Antarctica
The best place to send your postcards home from Antarctica.
Florence, Italy
This strange bovine gargoyle is said to have been put in as a passive aggressive form of revenge.
Carlisle, England
A stone copper was sculpted on the wall of the Carlisle Cathedral to honor a local hero.
Newcastle upon Tyne, England
This century-old grotesque has a mysterious history and may not actually be a rabbit.
District of Columbia
The sci-fi villain is a little-known inhabitant of the U.S. capital's largest cathedral.
Oak Park, Illinois
Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.
Paisley, Scotland
A familiar otherworldly creature guards this 12th-century Scottish abbey.
Falkland Islands
This remote stretch of sand is a penguin lover's paradise.
Blåvand, Denmark
These old World War II fortifications have been transformed into an unusual equine attraction.
Colares, Portugal
In Portugal, a secluded stretch of untouched natural beauty hides at the bottom of a steep hill.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Within this beautiful Pittsburgh cemetery, a unique headstone bears witness to one man's eternal love for Jaws.
Fribourg, Switzerland
This unique preservation is one of the only taxidermies in the world made with real whale skin.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A pixel art killer whale is frozen mid-leap in this Vancouver square.
Kilbrittain, Ireland
The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.
Russia
Siberian whale bones stand as cairns marking location of an ancient butcher yard.
Reykjavik, Iceland
The largest whale museum in Europe allows visitors to walk among life-size giants.
London, England
Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Life-sized sculpture of a blue whale made of hand-recycled plastic trash.
Bremen, Germany
One of the oldest wine cellars in Germany is now a restaurant beneath Bremen's town hall.