Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hans Brinker Budget Hotel
Debatably clever, or just plain honest hotel advertised as "The Worst Hotel in the World."
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
Debatably clever, or just plain honest hotel advertised as "The Worst Hotel in the World."
The Hague, Netherlands
Survival capsules find a second life as a unique hotel.
Rotterdam, Netherlands
These slanted cubic abodes are a creative if odd solution to a zoning pickle.
Maastricht, Netherlands
A luxury hotel housed in a former 15th century Gothic church.
Stavoren, Netherlands
A Netherlands hotel where you can sleep inside a wine barrel.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The de facto symbol of Copenhagen is this bronze fairytale which cannot seem to keep its head for very long.
Portland, Oregon
Statues of Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Ribsy the dog in the park where their adventures "really happened."
Boston, Massachusetts
Mrs. Mallard and her brood are a beloved fixture in Boston Public Garden.
London, England
After nearly 60 years, there's still a bear at Paddington Station looking for help.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A haunting, yet lovingly hand-hewn potters' field full of graves that flood with each heavy rain.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Made of giant chains and hung with shackles, this iron cross honors those unknowns who perished under American slavery.
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans' famous cemetery, located on the site of a former race track.
Dandarah, Egypt
Ancient Egyptian relief, claimed to depict an electrical light.
Salisbury, England
The oldest working mechanical clock in the world.
Athens, Greece
A 2,000-year-old computer demonstrates remarkable engineering and astronomical precision.
Boston, Massachusetts
No one messes with the Massachusetts sacred cod, not this time...
Fort Benton, Montana
A small Montana town commemorates the dog who waited at the train station every day for his owner to return.
Daytona Beach, Florida
Owned by no one but beloved by all, Brownie was a good dog.
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
A local prank turned town icon.
Olney, Illinois
The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.
Memphis, Tennessee
A reclusive Memphis neighborhood is home to decades worth of misunderstood Masonic folk art.
Chicago, Illinois
Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.
Washington, D.C.
This imposing Masonic temple a mile from the White House was the first public library in Washington, D.C.
East Jerusalem, Israel
An ancient quarry rediscovered by a dog and claimed by biblical kings, a German cult, and the Freemasons.