Skagway, Alaska
Kirmse’s Billboard
This "Alaska-style" billboard is over 100 years old.
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Skagway, Alaska
This "Alaska-style" billboard is over 100 years old.
Oaxaca, Mexico
This bakery forgoes industrial wheat in favor of locally harvested grains.
Gainesville, Georgia
A mysterious inscription may hold a clue about the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke.
Monroe, Wisconsin
Do you think your job stinks? Welcome to the only Limburger cheese plant in America.
Washington, D.C.
This small museum is dedicated to telling the 4,000-year story of Palestinian history, culture, and resistance.
Aktash, Russia
Thermal springs at the bottom of this lake create beautiful blue circles of clay.
Tampa, Florida
A tribute to a future time when gravity is conquered.
Los Angeles, California
A common entry point to the Griffith Observatory trail holds its own wonders.
Izumi, Japan
Electricians pray for luck at this place where, according to legend, the god of thunder was once trapped.
London, England
Tucked away in a London Tube station, this 1920s linear clock shows the time across the world all at once.
Hegra, Saudi Arabia
Carved into a towering rock mountain in Al Ula, this once served as a religious and political center in Hegra.
New Orleans, Louisiana
This dollhouse-sized art museum features creations from local artists.
Odate, Japan
An Akita-themed facility modeled after the old Shibuya Station, erected in honor of Hachiko, a famously loyal dog.
Amargosa Valley, Nevada
This enormous fiberglass cow near Death Valley National Park once graced a casino roof in Las Vegas.
Los Cerrillos, New Mexico
This is not Madame Tussaud’s wax museum.
Holmdel, New Jersey
The real-life ‘Severance’ office building.
Spratly Islands
The most disputed archipelago in the world.
Beltsville, Maryland
The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.
Fort Meade, Maryland
A remote horde of architectural treasures fit for Indiana Jones.
Lerwick, Scotland
During this Shetland Islands celebration, hundreds of torch-carrying "guizers" lead a procession to burn a viking longboat.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
Home to artworks so small you need a microscope to see them.
Minoh, Japan
Try maple leaf tempura at the trailside shop that brought it back from oblivion.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Denmark’s ultra-modern library hides a treasury of rare, unique books.
Berlin, Germany
Keep your eyes out for this "ghost" and walking pun.