Machecoul, France
Château de Machecoul
The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.
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Machecoul, France
The ruins of a medieval castle linked to the murderous French lord that inspired the famous legend of Bluebeard.
New York, New York
The mummified relics of an American missionary.
Naudītes Pagasts, Latvia
Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.
Orost, Iran
Iran's colorful terraces are a rare geological masterpiece.
Makarau, New Zealand
A gigantic sculpture garden is packed with innovative oddities.
Essex, Connecticut
This museum holds a fully-functional replica of the "Turtle," the first American submarine ever built.
Warsaw, Poland
Warsaw's fantastically preserved gasworks...almost.
Kuril Islands, Russia
Thanks to this small string of islands World War II still hasn't officially ended between Russia and Japan.
Bratton, England
A giant white horse drawn on an English hillside may not have been intended to be a horse at all.
Chicago, Illinois
This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.
Juodkrantė, Lithuania
Lithuania's outdoor sculpture trail of wooden folk art.
Reykholt, Iceland
This hobbit-y little hot spring may be the oldest spring used by humans in all of Iceland.
United States Minor Outlying Islands
A desperate final message left by a POW on the run serves as a memorial for himself and the 97 that died with him.
Boyers, Pennsylvania
The aggressively banal name of this underground fortress of bureaucracy does little to evoke its truly surreal existence.
Seaview, England
This foolish Victorian sea fort was converted to a deluxe hotel.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
This crescent-shaped sliver of sand is a magical haven for a herd of feral horses.
Tristan da Cunha
The world's most remote permanent settlement on an active volcano.
Offaly, Ireland
Behemoth, cannon-like telescope operated by generations of Irish earls.
Guthrie, Oklahoma
A funhouse dummy that turned out to be a real life mummy, Elmer McCurdy is an urban legend come true.
Australia
This dramatic sea spire is home to the world's rarest insect and is part of the lost continent of Zealandia.
Cerne Abbas, England
Giant naked man on a hillside.
Detroit, Michigan
Controversial tribute to the heavyweight champion boxer who grew up in Detroit.