Detroit, Michigan
Giant Boxing Arm of Joe Louis
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.
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Detroit, Michigan
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.
Cleveland, Ohio
Funded by John D. Rockefeller, this is one of the earliest, and most beautiful, shopping arcades in America.
Liège, Belgium
A marble Lucifer hides behind the pulpit of this Gothic cathedral.
Maastricht, Netherlands
This centuries-old gothic monster has been converted into a sprawling, glossy bookstore.
Guadalajara, Mexico
One of the oldest hospitals in the Americas is now decorated in hallucinatory murals.
Royse City, Texas
This crumbling UFO is one of only a few remaining "moveable ski chalets" of its kind.
Sulphur Springs, Texas
Known as one of America's most beautiful public restrooms.
Chicago, Illinois
This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.
London, England
The library houses an incredible collection of some of the world's most impressive books and manuscripts.
London, England
This intricately carved and hilariously huge bed was such a famous symbol both Shakespeare and Byron used it in their writing.
London, England
Revel in the Victorian splendor of the world's oldest eating establishment inside a museum.
London, England
These mysterious Viking chess pieces spent centuries hidden on a remote Scottish island.
Barcelona, Spain
A beautiful but toxic fountain of mercury.
Munich, Germany
A subterranean display of public art and architecture.
Iceland
Walk in the footsteps of the gods and straddle two tectonic plates.
Barão de São João, Portugal
On a trail in Portugal's Barão de São João National Forest, a pile of faces look up at hikers from the forest floor.
London, England
The "lost friend” is the most famous of the six moai statues that were removed from Easter Island.
London, England
Dictionary Johnson’s favorite feline.
Hamragarðar, Iceland
This fantastical waterfall is hidden in a cave located in a cracked cliff.
Paris, France
France's national museum of scientific and industrial instruments.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Munich, Germany
An abandoned train station in Munich constructed for the 1972 Olympic games.
Dublin, Ireland
This supermarket offers shoppers a window into the past alongside their groceries.
Dublin, Ireland
The gorgeous library at Trinity College is home to remarkable treasures of Irish identity.