Famagusta, Cyprus
Varosha Beach Resort
A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.
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Famagusta, Cyprus
A 1970s resort city now stands abandoned, caught in the middle of a divided island.
Tbilisi, Georgia
The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Billed as the "largest natural flower garden in the world" this Middle Eastern show field has little competition at 45 million flowers.
Lisbon, Portugal
Legacy of the earthquake that nearly wiped Lisbon off the face of the Earth.
Porto, Portugal
One of the most beautiful bookstores in the world hides a neo-Gothic interior behind an art nouveau facade.
Barcelona, Spain
Construction of Barcelona’s iconic (but controversial) church was finally completed in 2026—a century after the death of its architect.
Sydney, Australia
Come for the flowers, stay for the bats!
Bogotá, Colombia
Storied crypts fill the most famous cemetery in Colombia.
Iceland
This scenic Icelandic lava flow is named for a pair of Berserkers who were murdered, according to a famous Saga.
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Giant six-pack could provide one person a six-pack a day for 3,351 years.
Mexico City, Mexico
Diego Rivera's massive tiled fountain and failed infrastructure project.
Boston, Massachusetts
Macabre headstones carved with winged skulls, dancing skeletons, and pithy reminders of impending death.
San Jose, California
A peculiar mansion built by the troubled heir to the Winchester Rifle Company fortune.
Atlanta, Georgia
This massive store is home to an eccentric collection of vintage, retro, and peculiar goods.
Vancouver, British Columbia
A working steam clock, one of only a few in the world, located in Vancouver's Victorian Gastown.
Vancouver, British Columbia
What happens when a sculptor has to find a way around a 100-year-old copyright.
Mexico City, Mexico
An island filled with hundreds of hanging, decomposing, decapitated dolls.
New York, New York
A very classy 1920s-era bar right in Grand Central Station.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
San Francisco, California
A Barbary Coast watering hole built into a Gold Rush shipwreck.
San Francisco, California
Furniture tries to escape an abandoned building in San Francisco.
Iceland
This black church sits alone among a field of lava rock.
Gold Hill, Oregon
A tourist attraction founded around a slumping cabin.
Tallinn, Estonia
Spend your honeymoon where the Devil had his wedding.