Seoul, South Korea
Seodaemun Prison
A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.
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Seoul, South Korea
A chilling monument to Korean patriots who resisted the Japanese occupation.
Paju, South Korea
Secret North Korean passage discovered below the world's most dangerous border.
Paju, South Korea
South Korea's largely symbolic, barely used gateway to the North.
Keelung City, Taiwan
A secret passageway from World War II is now a quirky pedestrian shortcut.
Crail, Scotland
Soviet intelligence had a keen interest in the Cold War linguistic school at this old Scottish airfield.
Liverpool, England
Most of Britain's gold reserve was secretly stashed here after the start of World War II.
Alpine, Texas
This is probably not the Target you're looking for.
Madrid, Spain
Abandoned for decades, trains still pass through the now-restored remains of one of Madrid's first metro stations.
Madrid, Spain
A towering monument in Spain has proven to be more labor-intensive than initially planned.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
A half-size replica of the World Trade Center towers above Tulsa.
Hanoi, Vietnam
The spot where the two men ate together now stands enclosed in glass.
Denton, Texas
A registered historic landmark shrouded in unsettling local legends.
Havana, Cuba
No one knows the meaning behind this giant sculpture of a nude woman with a fork riding a rooster in Havana.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
A sculpture of a flying hawk made from colorful car doors.
Los Angeles, California
An L.A. traffic island where the faces of locals have been carved into massive granite eggs.
Waddinxveen, Netherlands
Yup, that's a 330-foot yacht passing over the highway.
Maldonado, Uruguay
Because sometimes the most efficient route from A to B isn't a straight line.
Spokane, Washington
The decorations were inspired by an unlikely missing treasure.
Miami, Florida
Neglected resting place of some of the city's early luminaries—and a woman encased in concrete.
London, England
A unique tribute to the millions of animals who served and died for the British military.
Cambrils, Spain
This amazing piece of modern art honors the hundreds of fishermen killed during Cambrils' "year of misfortunes."
Larne, Northern Ireland
This picturesque lighthouse at the edge of the Irish Sea looks like a giant stone pencil.
St John's, Isle of Man
An unusual monument to a 19th-century circus star.
Kisoro, Uganda
The home of half the world's population of critically endangered mountain gorillas.