Improvement District No. 24, Alberta
World's Largest Beaver Dam
The half-mile long structure is so impressive, it even shows up on satellite images.
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Improvement District No. 24, Alberta
The half-mile long structure is so impressive, it even shows up on satellite images.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The taxidermied remains of Charles Dickens' pet raven, which helped inspire one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poems.
Clachan-Seil, Scotland
The "Bridge Over the Atlantic" lets you cross the waterway in mere seconds.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Eastham, Massachusetts
The Cape Cod house that whaling built.
Orleans, Massachusetts
Centuries-old hoofprints and wagon tracks reveal themselves after a good winter storm.
Borgholm N, Sweden
An otherworldly, fossil-rich cobble beach holds Viking graves, cairns, and other remains.
Luanda, Angola
Did Gustav Eiffel design this enigmatic metal building?
Waterloo, England
Much of what constituted mid-century Liverpool now litters a beach outside of town.
Bronx, New York
Home to the infamous "Typhoid Mary" and the worst loss of life in New York's history prior to September 11, 2001.
Bronx, New York
The longest step street in the city.
London, England
The Ranger’s House exhibits fine mementos collected by Sir Julius Werner during the course of his life, including this infamous pendant.
Dundee, Scotland
A reportedly haunted parking structure with alleged links to Jack The Ripper.
Kittery, Maine
Scene of the grisly murder of two Norwegian women in 1873.
Norway, Maine
This 90-year-old building is home to possibly the most New Englandy social club in existence.
Wanlockhead, Scotland
The last water-powered beam pumping engine in Britain.
Indio, California
A monument to the frontier doctor who came up with the idea of delineating highways with a painted line.
Hyrum, Utah
Built in 1917, this building is home to the last working spring-loaded dance floor in Utah.
Altaussee, Austria
During World War II, Austria's oldest salt mine was used to store thousands of pieces of stolen artwork.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hawai'i's oldest wooden house was shipped around Cape Horn from Boston in 1820.
Batumi, Georgia
A literally moving statue of stacked metal giants just continually trying (and failing) to find love.
London, England
This pub boasts a curious history and may have inspired a Dickens character.
London, England
A closed London rail station created to cart away the dead still bears the marks of attempts to make it less morbid.
London, England
A Victorian school for poverty stricken waifs has been preserved as a museum to their donated education.