Yokohama, Japan
Odoriba Station
This subway station is named after a local legend about supernatural dancing cats.
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Yokohama, Japan
This subway station is named after a local legend about supernatural dancing cats.
Louisville, Kentucky
This former tuberculosis research hospital endeavored to cure the dreaded disease with fresh air and positive attitudes.
Ticonderoga, New York
A perfect replica of the beloved show's first set.
Prague, Czechia
A Jenga-style cylindrical tower of books that appears to go on forever.
New York, New York
Imagine having a street run right through your home, or better yet, a historic bridge three stories high.
New York, New York
An institution dedicated to the towering buildings that make up skylines in New York City and around the world.
Murmansk, Russia
The deepest hole drilled in the name of science, where evidence of Precambrian life was found.
Mexico City, Mexico
Works from the golden age of Mexican muralism can be found inside a typical city market.
Badrshein, Egypt
The oldest tourist graffiti in the world helped archaeologists identify the Pyramid of Djoser.
London, England
One of London's lost rivers runs through a pipe over the tracks of this subway station.
Los Angeles, California
This beloved, whimsical weiner topped an eclectic variety of Los Angeles buildings, including a Thai restaurant and an advertising agency.
Toronto, Ontario
This whimsical fountain pays tribute to Toronto's four-legged friends.
Queens, New York
This Peruvian-Chinese institution has perfected the art of rotisserie chicken—alongside plantains and lo mein.
Fairbanks, Alaska
Once the center of Gold Rush mania, now the starting point for the Yukon Quest sled dog race.
Flagstaff, Arizona
A planet-hunting astrograph built in the 1920s to seek out the so-called "Planet X" beyond Uranus.
Rye, Colorado
The largest self-built castle in the U.S., six decades in the making.
Fort Langley, British Columbia
First Nations’ foodways are front and center at this food truck-turned-brick-and-mortar.
Tokyo, Japan
This surreal thumbs-up monument commemorates a shiatsu legend.
Jáchymov, Czechia
A stream flows near the radioactive spa, where people place handmade miniatures of water mills and other strange devices.
London, England
Named for the Yoruba word for Lagos, this craft brewery draws on European beer-making and West African palm wine-fermenting techniques.
San Juan, Philippines
The largest Spanish artifact built in the Philippines and one of the oldest underground reservoirs in the world.
London, England
This statue of one of the engineers who created the London Underground hides a ventilation shaft for the tube lines that run under the street.
Harrislee, Germany
These hilariously laughing bronze figures lampoon empty promises while encouraging civic engagement.
Manila, Philippines
A monument dedicated in memory of the over 100,000 civilian deaths during the liberation of Manila in World War II.