Seattle, Washington
Mystery Soda Machine
An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.
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Seattle, Washington
An old vending machine serves up unpredictable beverages from its seemingly magical insides.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Camelford, England
A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.
Kilbrittain, Ireland
The skeleton of a whale that beached itself in this Irish town is now on display in their public park.
An Hải, Vietnam
Home to what locals claim is the largest whale skeleton in Southeast Asia, which is worshiped yearly.
Ndieulé Mbam, Senegal
A tree seems to grow from the ocean floor on this strange strip of sand slowly being overtaken by the sea.
Knaresborough, England
A 600-year-old mini shrine guarded by a sword-wielding knight hides in a crumbling cliff face.
Puebla, Mexico
The splendor of this 17th century golden chapel has led it to be called the "eighth wonder of the world."
Luxor, Egypt
These Egyptian statues have survived for 3,400 years and were an acoustic wonder of the ancient world.
Dallas, Texas
A trio of colossal statues spread across a Dallas neighborhood chart the emergence of a giant robot born of a locomotive and spilled gin.
Mission Viejo, California
This beautiful ridge-top trail is dotted by tiny homes apparently built by a group of itinerant fairies.
Hamburg, Germany
Hamburgers are intensely proud of their tunnel beneath the river.
Larvik, Norway
What might look like a cliffside sacrificial altar at first glance is actually a stone compass pointing to cities and lighthouses all around the world.
Reykholt, Iceland
Inside this Icelandic greenhouse, geothermal energy keeps tomatoes warm and growing.
Barnet, Vermont
The place where the great marine explorer first learned to work underwater is not where you'd expect.
Queens, New York
A New York warehouse filled with an enormous amount of goods saved from the landfills and donated for creative use.
Caernarfon, Wales
A tiny village in Wales claims the name of a noble medieval hound slain for a crime he didn't commit.
Saint-Ouen, France
An antique curios dealer and hybrid taxidermist.
Syracuse, New York
A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.
Teec Nos Pos, Utah
The marker offers a rare chance to be in four U.S. states at once, though there's some controversy over its geographic accuracy.
Amarillo, Texas
A pair of giant legs paying homage to a poem, a king, and it would seem, socks.
Webster, Massachusetts
It's not a typo, now say it five times fast!