Inari, Finland
Treriksrøysa
This cairn marks the only place where Central European Time, Eastern European Time, and Further-eastern European Time meet.
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Inari, Finland
This cairn marks the only place where Central European Time, Eastern European Time, and Further-eastern European Time meet.
Marvão, Portugal
An abandoned anti-smuggling station decays along the boundary between Portugal and Spain.
Rõuge, Estonia
This Estonian watchtower looks like a big tree with two giant bird nests on it, complete with a "golden egg."
Varstu Parish, Estonia
A trio of giant wooden megaphones turn up nature's volume in this Estonian forest.
Valga, Estonia
For the last century, this international border within a small town has appeared and disappeared various times.
Nashville, Tennessee
This popular park is home to a sea serpent sculpture that now overshadows the twisted history of its creation.
Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico
The remains of a centuries-old water system that inspired local legends of secret tunnels.
Washington, D.C.
A secret greenspace hides atop a Capitol parking garage.
Edinburgh, Scotland
Summer in Scotland begins with a spectacularly wild and colorful event rooted in ancient pagan traditions.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This obscure walkway links Edinburgh’s Old Town with one of the city's prime vantage points.
Muraglione, Italy
Ride a boat through this magnificent underground world, which now doubles as a theater.
White Pigeon, Michigan
The longest structure of its kind ever built in Michigan.
Memphis, Tennessee
Ethereal alien hums and haunting whale songs emitting from...a giant sheet of vibrating metal?
Erfurt, Germany
Beloved children's TV characters freckle the German city's streets.
Oak Park, Illinois
Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.
Nagasaki, Japan
A sobering scientific reminder of the human damage caused by the advent of the nuclear age.
Prague, Czechia
Nine bronze hands protruding from a wall honor the student uprising that led to the fall of Czechoslovakia's Communist government.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This metal disk commemorates the birth of a historic American holiday.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This stunning home looks like it belongs in medieval Europe, not North Carolina.
San Juan County, Utah
An Ancestral Puebloan ruin that appears to burst into flames in the sunlight.
Oxford, England
Used as an example in one of the first dictionary entries for "museum" in 1706.
Oxford, England
A little piece of Oxford's overlooked industrial heritage.
Oxford, England
The remnants of this unusual bridge await an uncertain fate.
Bayfield, Prince Edward Island
This engineering marvel is the longest bridge in Canada and one of the longest spans in the world.