Havana, Cuba
Fusterlandia
A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.
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Havana, Cuba
A Cuban artist reclaimed his impoverished neighborhood as a dreamy folk art kingdom.
Munlochy, Scotland
A pagan tradition of draping trees with rags eerily lives on.
Göttingen, Germany
The Goose Girl of Göttingen, Germany might well be the most kissed girl in the world.
Paucartambo, Peru
Ain't no party like a ghost town party.
Cocullo, Italy
Host to the annual Festival of the Snakes.
Furth im Wald, Germany
Each year, Germany's "City of Dragons" slays the world's largest walking robot.
Tangshan, China
A spectacular annual festival centers around humans throwing molten iron against a wall at night.
Mohács, Hungary
Festival of Perpetual Life and Rebirth.
Berlin, Germany
An Anatolian immigrant created his own little paradise in the shadow of the Berlin Wall, made possible by the tensions of the Cold War.
Venezuela
This everlasting lightning storm may be the world's largest generator of ozone.
Yachats, Oregon
On the Oregon coast is a natural hole that seems to be draining the sea.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Tatev, Armenia
A natural bridge formed by limestone travertines in Armenia's Vorotan River Canyon.
Helsinki, Finland
A subterranean house of worship carved right out of the bedrock.
Prague, Czechia
Two stunning 17th-century libraries and a cabinet of curiosities.
Prague, Czechia
The history of occult science is turned into a creepshow at this lurid Prague tourist attraction.
Ennetbürgen, Switzerland
The tallest outdoor elevator in Europe rockets passengers on a dizzyingly precarious ride to the top of a mountain.
Mexico City, Mexico
Frida Kahlo's childhood home, now a museum of her life and works.
Morlaix, France
An unexpected mix of medieval buildings and modern street art.
Plouarzel, France
This might be the world’s tallest Bronze Age standing stone.
Mantua, Italy
In Lago Superiore, the largest expanse of lotus flowers outside of Asia is hard to miss.
Mellieħa, Malta
An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.
Sasamón, Spain
Salaguti's live-in museum: a fortress against criticism and consumer art.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
This museum inside Amsterdam's largest cemetery explores how people deal with death.