Augsburg, Germany
Fuggerei
In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.
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Augsburg, Germany
In this truly magical place, rent hasn't been raised since the year 1520.
Beijing, China
Why walk on this historical site when you can zoom down instead?
Los Angeles, California
A forgotten tribute to a South American hero hidden in a cluster of traffic islands.
San Francisco, California
The randomness of this wall of lava lamps helps encrypt up to 10 percent of the internet.
Yeadon, Pennsylvania
America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.
Obergoms VS, Switzerland
A once-thriving hotel in the Swiss Alps couldn't compete with climate change.
Seguin, Texas
The saga of the massive nut begins and ends in Texas.
Katy, Texas
255 feet of suds, scrubbers, and blow dryers.
Nagold, Germany
A German town is growing a building out of trees.
Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, France
The 16th-century church was kept in its ruined state as a reminder of the casualties of World War I.
Capbreton, France
Abandoned blockhouses from Nazi Germany's Atlantic Wall erode into the sea on a French beach.
Cambridge, Maryland
The elevator hidden in a smokestack on Roosevelt's yacht now serves as a monument to the former president.
Chicago, Illinois
A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.
Winchester, Connecticut
It was founded by Ralph Nader to educate the public about an often-maligned area of law.
Yekaterinburg, Russia
Russia's giant concrete QWERTY keyboard is likely the largest in the world.
Harvard, Nebraska
The two-cell building in Nebraska was briefly owned by a teenage boy and then a Hollywood dummy.
Badrshein, Egypt
This ancient structure is widely thought to be the oldest intact pyramid in the world.
Lanham, Maryland
A lawn full of retired spacecraft on display at one of NASA's first research labs.
Beltsville, Maryland
The Forest Service's surprisingly sophisticated collection of wildfire prevention art features America's most beloved bear.
Washington, D.C.
One of the largest artillery pieces in the world sits in a Washington D.C. parking lot.
Chiloquin, Oregon
All aboard the world's longest miniature railway.
Hartford, Connecticut
A tiny memorial for the year the Connecticut River almost destroyed New England.
Seattle, Washington
This Seattle joint serves food inside an old train car once used by FDR.
Ashland, Kansas
Stories of sightless fish and ghostly cowboys are only a fraction of the legends surrounding this Kansas sinkhole.