Rome, Italy
The Dome Illusion
A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.
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Rome, Italy
A master of trompe-l'oeil creates a stunning, tourist-fooling dome out of a flat ceiling.
Florence, Italy
This bronze boar's snout has been rubbed to a golden sheen by visitors seeking good fortune.
Zarcero, Costa Rica
This Costa Rican topiary park is a surreal garden of unearthly delights.
Dunbar, Scotland
At high tide this strange footbridge appears to have no purpose whatsoever.
San Francisco, California
This grinning pup statue is all that's left of what was once a ubiquitous Bay Area diner chain.
Machrie, Scotland
More stones than Stonehenge, all scattered within a windswept landscape sure to enchant 'Outlander' fans.
Bristol, Virginia
One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.
Hot Springs, North Carolina
An art instillation for the sake of "raising vibrations."
Asheville, North Carolina
This bridge is haunted by the ghost of a distraught mother.
Swannanoa, North Carolina
Traditional Appalachian dances such as the Georgia Rang Tang and the Shoo-Fly Swing are kept alive at this weekly event.
Erwin, Tennessee
Railroad came. People came. Railroad left. Town died.
Burnsville, North Carolina
The highest point in North Carolina and the United States east of the Mississippi River, Mount Mitchell is named after argumentative explorer Elisha Mitchell.