Gyumri, Armenia
Iron Fountain Gyumri
It's a massive, rusted fountain that survived an earthquake in 1988.
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Gyumri, Armenia
It's a massive, rusted fountain that survived an earthquake in 1988.
Madrid, Spain
This rock and roll institution decided to include some local signage of nearby extinct shops.
Çavuşin, Turkey
A 1600-year-old church carved into the rock, with painted frescoes from 900.
Shimonoseki, Japan
One of the world’s few undersea pedestrian tunnels connects Honshu and Kyushu islands.
Gubbio, Italy
Old-style open-air cages bringing you from Gubbio’s city center to the San'Ubaldo Basilica.
Copenhagen, Denmark
A station imagined at the speed of light, where familiar fixtures slip out of place.
Portsmouth, England
This genuine, blood red Jolly Roger was captured off the North African coast in 1790 by Admiral Richard Curry.
Kildonan, Scotland
Dating back roughly 240 million years to the Triassic period, it was left by a large, 12-foot-long crocodile ancestor called a Chirotherium or "hand-beast".
Heraklion, Greece
One of Minoan Crete's most famous images, a crowned, lily-adorned figure striding through a garden, was largely invented in the 1900s from a handful of surviving fragments, and archaeologists still argue about what it actually shows.
Hong Kong
Hidden on top of a ferry terminal is a nifty statue of three dolphins, and one of Hong Kong's best sunset viewpoints.
Kronberg im Taunus, Germany
A comprehensive visual archive of Braun products. A German national treasure of modern design.
Pavoacao Velha, Cabo Verde
Santa Monica is one of the world's longest, most beautiful, and least developed beaches: just white sand for miles, a single beach shack, and the concrete shell of an abandoned resort that never got past its foundations.
București, Romania
This train station's platforms were built extremely narrow to deceive a rather arrogant government official
Woolpit, England
A rather creepy sign alludes to the bizarre and famous history of the "green children of Woolpit"
Bologna, Italy
A memorial to the deadliest terror attack during an unsettled period of Italy’s recent history.
Madrid, Spain
At only 14.25 meters long, Travesía del Biombo is the shortest street in Madrid
Madrid, Spain
A tunnel commissioned by ‘the Intruder King’ to escape from the palace if there were problems.
Madrid, Spain
Part of the medieval watchtower is displayed in an otherwise ordinary parking garage.
Sparta, Wisconsin
These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.
Berlin, Germany
Berlin’s "Gallic Village" of the Far-Left: The COOP Anti-War Café
Berlin, Germany
The Guinness Book acknowledged one of the biggest and oldest collections of computer games, featuring a strange 'pain machine' that blurs the boundaries between the digital and the real world
Oslo, Norway
A small Oslo museum dedicated to failed products, bad ideas, overhyped inventions, and the strange lessons hidden inside them.
Gorizia, Italy
What was once an ordinary pedestrian tunnel under Gorizia Castle has been transformed into an immersive artistic experience.
Toronto, Ontario
A free James Turrell artwork all to yourself