Marble Canyon, Arizona
The Wave
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
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Marble Canyon, Arizona
Rippling sand dunes frozen in the Arizona rock.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Golden and naked, the figure that was once the highest point in New York is all that remains of the second Madison Square Garden.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
America's most famous museum of medical oddities is home to the remains of Albert Einstein's brain.
Kyoto, Japan
When this massive wooden temple ran out of rope, they made one out of devotees' hair.
Kyoto, Japan
The 10,000 Torii shrine.
Sukawati, Indonesia
The name of this ancient Indonesian temple translates as "Elephant Cave" but it could be more accurately called "The Hellmouth."
Ubud, Indonesia
Hindu temple of the dead home to hundreds of long-tailed macaques.
Singapore
The largest pool at its elevation sits on top of one of the most expensive resorts in the world.
Singapore
Singapore's landscaping project is home to 18 incredible Supertrees.
Singapore
This $62 million dollar temple was erected to house one little dental fragment of religious history.
San Francisco, California
A shop full of natural curiosities, carnivorous plants, and costumed taxidermied mice.
San Francisco, California
In all of the 29 years it was in operation, no prisoners ever escaped successfully... or so they claim.
San Francisco, California
A collection of 20th-century automata, penny arcade games, and musical contraptions.
St. Augustine, Florida
A tribute to Ponce de Leon's supposed quest for eternal youth.
St. Augustine, Florida
Intertwined, interspecies trees which locals believe can grant boons to lovers.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Florida might be at its most surreal in this museum devoted to the famed Spanish artist.
Sarasota, Florida
A circus legend leaves an unexpected endowment.
Paris, France
The vast, legendary catacombs hold secrets much stranger than stacked bones.
Paris, France
The celebrated eyesore created by starry-eyed sweethearts.
Völklingen, Germany
A former ironworks that was the first UNESCO industrial site.
Oberhausen, Germany
An industrial relic is now one of Europe's most staggering art spaces.
Cologne, Germany
Thousands of tourists and residents in Cologne affix "love padlocks" on the Hohenzollernbrücke Bridge to symbolize their affections.
Cologne, Germany
The largest bell in the world has been swinging high above a Cologne cathedral for almost a century.
Atlanta, Georgia
Just a few miles from downtown Atlanta is a trail covered in a crazy collection of outsider art.