Queens, New York
The Birthplace of Scrabble
A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Queens, New York
A uniquely lettered street sign marks the corner where the iconic word game was invented.
Erie, Pennsylvania
A quirky collection of outsider art made from automobile parts.
Heard Island and McDonald Islands, Australia
Australia's only active volcanoes and highest peak are located on these remote islands thousands of miles away from the mainland.
Padua, Italy
One of the world's oldest working clocks is curiously missing the Zodiac sign of Libra.
Padua, Italy
In medieval times this small stone seat was used as a bizarre way to punish insolvent debtors.
Liberec, Czechia
This unusually shaped mountaintop tower looks like a UFO floating over the city.
Sur, Oman
Where artisans use centuries-old techniques to build traditional Arabian ships.
Tucson, Arizona
Despite a recent paint job, the factory still sits empty.
Las Vegas, Nevada
A blacklight mini-golf fever dream pays tribute to the iconic rock band.
Albany, New York
A CT scan revealed the identity of this 3,000-year-old mummy that everyone erroneously thought was female.
Lasva, Estonia
This old and disused water tower has received a new life as an art gallery with a piano staircase.
Neillsville, Wisconsin
Built in 1933, this unique ballroom is nicknamed the "floating dance floor."
Ubar, Oman
Some claim these desert ruins are from the legendary "Atlantis of the Sands."
London, England
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
Baker, California
No one’s quite sure why there's a metal megaphone bolted on two rocks in the middle of the Mojave Desert.
Stansted, England
Thrilling and delicious complement to any dining experience.
Braintree, England
You won't find these curiously named passageways anywhere else in England.
Pergamino, Argentina
A father built this one-of-a-kind house in the shape of his son's race car.
Italy
A formerly opulent Italian village is now a crumbling ghost town that no one really knows what to do with.
Ivrea, Italy
A 12th-century Italian skirmish gets reenacted with 500,000 pounds of flying citrus.
Bollengo, Italy
An abandoned bell tower in the middle of nowhere is the last testimony of a forgotten medieval village.
Istanbul, Turkey
Step back in time and witness the fall of Constantinople.
Istanbul, Turkey
The most metal church of all time was built in record time because of an international, pious pissing contest.
Istanbul, Turkey
Climb a set of vertiginous stone steps to the top of this impressive ancient edifice.