Portland, Oregon
Mill Ends Park
The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.
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Portland, Oregon
The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.
Astoria, Oregon
The lush coastal city of Astoria is riddled with forgotten secret sidewalks.
Cave Junction, Oregon
Treehouse motel and treehouse-building school.
McKenzie Bridge, Oregon
This frequently-photographed waterfall takes only a short hike to visit.
Sumburgh, Scotland
This picturesque archeological site looks like it was pulled straight from a fantasy novel.
Athens, Georgia
A white oak with property rights.
Pitumarca, Peru
A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.
New York, New York
A hidden "place of interment for gentlemen."
Prague, Czechia
This automated sculpture of two men peeing will spell out text messages with their micturition.
Glendale, California
A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.
Kingston, New York
Neon signs that grace the windows of Bergdorf Goodman's and Tiffany & Co. come from this studio in Brooklyn.
London, England
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
Los Angeles, California
One man's vast collection of artifacts and ephemera from matchbooks and postcards to vintage neon signs and cars.
Worksop, England
A gorge full of caverns where early humans lived alongside cave hyenas, giant mammoths and wooly rhinoceroses.
Oxford, England
One of Europe's oldest libraries.
Leek, England
This haunting stone chasm is a hotbed of mossy rock and English legend.
Hathersage, England
A headstone notes where the most famous of Robin Hood's legendary Merry Men is reportedly buried.
Camelford, England
A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.
Port Orchard, Washington
Bonsai trees that are up to a thousand years old.
Vågsøy, Norway
Thousands of years of crashing waves gave this mushroom-shaped rock its svelte figure.
Juneau, Alaska
Upside-down trees serve as natural flower pots in this hanging garden of Alaska.
Sandwick, Scotland
A remarkably well preserved tower dating all the way back to the Iron Age.
Gotham, England
The storied English village that pretended to be insane inspired NYC's nickname and the fictional namesake in the DC Comics universe.
Coleford, England
The mysterious, fantastical woodland inspiration for "The Lord of the Rings."