Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The World Islands
This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.
Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
This artificial archipelago was supposed to resemble a map of the world.
Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
One of Frank Lloyd Wright's final works was this UFO church.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
An angular maze of concrete in Grand Rapids acts both as public art and as a staircase for fish traveling upstream.
Ämari, Estonia
This soviet pilot's graveyard is filled with headstones made of airplane fins.
Waterbury, Connecticut
This strangely amalgamated museum explores the history of the Timex clock company as well as archaeology.
Thomasville, Georgia
This historic oak tree has been around for over 300 years and might last for 300 more so long as it doesn't fall apart first.
Topeka, Kansas
These elevated trucks were put in place as a middle finger to The Man, but are now considered folk art.
Kettlewell, England
Each year this small English village becomes overrun with outlandish straw men.
Höfn, Iceland
This replica Viking village was created for a film that was never shot and is now open to visitors.
Nuremberg, Germany
This lurid German fountain plots the sad course of marriage from dating to death.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
This ironic war memorial thumbs its nose at a campaign of inedible humanitarian aid food products.
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
A number of craters left by fatal mortar strikes have been filled with red resin to remember those lost during the Siege of Sarajevo.
Malampa Province, Vanuatu
Plains of ash and pair of semi-active volcanoes contribute to the otherworldly beauty of this little-known Vanuatu island.
Chicago, Illinois
A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.
Des Plaines, Illinois
This historic store hides a museum exhibiting a shoe-sizing x-ray machine and a pair of kicks that once belonged to the world's tallest man.
Tonopah, Nevada
Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.
Brunswick, Germany
This German monument honors the so-called "Prince of Mathematicians."
Barcelona, Spain
These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.
North Port, Florida
This ancient sinkhole-turned-healing-pool is a treasure trove of archeological discoveries and may even be the Fountain of Youth.
Riverside, California
This California tree is the single source of the state's entire orange industry.
Wickenburg, Arizona
Opinions differ as to whether this Arizona tree was actually used as a Wild West jail, but that hasn't stopped the town from capitalizing on it.
Richmond, Virginia
This museum devoted to the gothic author holds such interesting ephemera as his socks and walking stick.
Eskifjorður, Iceland
This remote eatery and museum is preserved as a time capsule of a small Icelandic fishing town.
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
If you want to get married in the White Marble City of Ashgabat, you should do it in this surreal disco ball building.