Lecce, Italy
Museo Faggiano
One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.
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Lecce, Italy
One man's quest to fix his toilet unearthed over 5,000 artifacts spanning more than 2,000 years of history.
Island Park, Idaho
A legal loophole makes it possible to get away with murder within this 50-square-mile section of Yellowstone.
Pisa, Italy
The only visible reminders of an elaborate engineering project that kept the tower from reaching the tipping point.
Stoneham, Massachusetts
This headstone-like marker inscribed with three words has been an utter mystery for over a century.
Brooklyn, New York
Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.
Darmstadt, Germany
A former Nazi lookout tower with a magnificent view of the Rhineland.
Sanremo, Italy
An ancient rogue artist community hidden next to one of the world's most glitzy and glamorous cities.
Panenský Týnec, Czechia
The 14th-century ruins are said to contain healing powers.
New Haven, Connecticut
An archival collection of over 2,200 case studies which includes human brain specimens and tumor specimens.
Juneau, Alaska
Breathtakingly blue walls shimmer inside the "Glacier Behind the Town."
Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands
An awe-inspiring giant blue whale jaw bone stands in the center of this Dutch island.
Shoreham-by-Sea, England
This tiny 1930s Art Deco airport is a beautiful remnant of a bygone era.
Spijkenisse, Netherlands
The bridges portrayed on EU currency aren't fictional anymore.
Berlin, Germany
The walls of Germany's Parliament still show the scars of the Red Army takeover in World War II.
Naples, Italy
The Neapolitan Cult of the Dead still cares for the skulls at this mini-Fontanelle.
Gyeongju, South Korea
This odd museum/art gallery embraces the physiological, zoological, and ethnographic side of sex.
São Miguel, Portugal
This fairy-tale, neo-Gothic church in the Azores is a world of magical realism.
Edinburgh, Scotland
There are plenty of wonderful panoramic vistas in Edinburgh, but not many are hidden smack in the middle of the Old Town.
Rome, Italy
The mystic whose incorrupt corpse still attracts the faithful.
León, Mexico
A neo-Gothic temple in central Mexico featuring a labyrinthine network of crypts.
Monopoli, Italy
Macabre symbols of death and mummies on display set the tone of this Italian purgatory church.
Innichen, Italy
Crumbling ruins of the thermal baths that once attracted royals and aristocrats from throughout Europe.
Borrego Springs, California
A remote desert lookout offers unparalleled views of the California badlands for those who brave the trek.
Seattle, Washington
Statue of Lenin, from Cold War era Czechoslovakia, now in a neighborhood of Seattle.