Naoshima, Japan
Bennesse Art Site Naoshima
A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.
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Naoshima, Japan
A Japanese corporation has turned this small island town into living modern art gallery.
Steingrímsfjörður, Iceland
A trio of hidden hot tubs takes advantage of Iceland's natural geothermal vents.
Chicago, Illinois
An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.
Cincinnati, Ohio
This magnificent Cincinnati graveyard is also a popular public park.
Alliance, Ohio
A record-size collection of wild-haired troll dolls tells the story of the mythical creature's roots in Scandinavian folklore.
San Diego, California
An extraordinarily ornate museum in San Diego holds wondrous anthropological treasures.
Tuscumbia, Alabama
You'll need cowboy boots to trek to this old-fashioned saloon nestled in a giant natural cave.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A tiny, unmarked beer and whiskey bar above an Ethiopian restaurant in West Philly fails to conceal live bluegrass.
Mandu, India
This magical and eccentric stepwell is a hidden treasure within the ancient fort city of Mandu.
Llano, Texas
This grimly-titled Texas cemetery is all that remains of a Wild West settlement with possibly the worst name.
Hyattsville, Maryland
An intricately designed junk art house with four extravagant junk art cars hidden in the suburbs.
New York, New York
A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
Viñales, Cuba
Prehistoric history as seen through the lens of an outsider artist.
Wilson, North Carolina
A piece of outsider public art accompanied by a strange urban legend.
Charlottesville, Virginia
The only museum outside of Australia dedicated to exhibiting the artwork of Indigenous Australian artists.
Baltimore, Maryland
A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.
New York, New York
This Manhattan museum houses one of the largest collections of Spanish art and manuscripts outside of Spain.
Vientiane, Laos
More than 200 statues filled with cryptic symbols give this park spot an aura of horror vacui fantasy.
Pyongyang, North Korea
A symbol of the Workers' Party of North Korea.
Pyongyang, North Korea
Pyongyang’s Arch of Triumph is the second tallest triumphal arch in the world.
Kolkja, Estonia
This unique eatery offers a taste of Estonia's "Onion Route."
McCloud, California
This lesser known Hearst estate is a fairytale village built from the stolen bones of historic European buildings.
Zurich, Switzerland
One of a series of no-purpose kinetic artworks by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely.
Paris, France
A counter-culture bookstore like no other hides in plain sight in the streets of Paris.