Venice, Italy
Libreria Acqua Alta
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
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Venice, Italy
This Venice bookstore has resigned itself to constant flooding by keeping its books in bathtubs and boats.
Xochicalco, Mexico
The ruins of an ancient city built by Mayan traders is centered around a temple of a sacred feathered serpent deity.
Naucalpan, Mexico
An Aztec snake god has taken the material form of an apartment complex.
Cork, Ireland
A tribute to the incredible generosity the Choctaw Nation showed the Irish people during the Great Famine.
Namibia
Far from the shore, this sandy victim of the Skeleton Coast looks like it was plopped in the middle of the desert.
Tampa, Florida
A tiny, unassuming park in Tampa that belongs to the Republic of Cuba.
Kaneohe, Hawaii
An authentic replica of an Asian temple and garden hidden amongst the natural beauty of Hawai'i.
Saint-Brevin-les-Pins, France
An aluminum skeleton brings Chinese mythology to the French shore.
São Pedro da Aldeia, Brazil
A self built castle built by a salt worker in Brazil.
Livermore, California
The longest burning light bulb in the world.
Gilroy, California
Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.
Dubova, Romania
A giant portrait of an ancient king looms over the river.
Hardo Rattan, India
On the Pakistan-India border the militaries perform an elaborate theater of aggression each and every night.
Wicklow, Ireland
An eccentric garden of sculptures crafted in India decorate an Irish green space dedicated to Alan Turing.
Vegreville, Alberta
Possibly the world’s easiest Easter-egg hunt.
Mitchell, South Dakota
A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.
Nazca, Peru
A set of ancient drawings in the desert of Peru that are so massive, many of them can only be fully seen from the sky.
Bomarzo, Italy
A 16th-century horror show built in a lovely Italian garden.
Blois, France
A beautiful and classically designed villa, with an hourly infestation of monsters.
Riga, Latvia
Flamboyant architecture from the turn of 20th century.
Mammoth Lakes, California
Towering basalt columns, a creation of fire and ice.
Royston, England
Man-made cave with enigmatic carvings, some say made by the Knights Templar themselves.
Lancaster, California
Finale of "William Tell Overture" can be heard as drivers pass over grooves in the road.
Hakone, Japan
Legend holds eating just one of these black eggs can add seven years to one's life.