Oost-, West- en Middelbeers, Netherlands
Imitation Airfield
This fake airfield was built as a decoy to protect a real airport from the Allied Forces.
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Oost-, West- en Middelbeers, Netherlands
This fake airfield was built as a decoy to protect a real airport from the Allied Forces.
Nagasaki, Japan
This ornate example of 19th-century Chinese architecture is one of only a handful of Confucius shrines in Japan.
Eindhoven, Netherlands
A first-of-its-kind circular bridge for cyclists.
London, England
An oddity of a bygone era that stills functions today.
Palermo, Italy
This palace offers an 18th-century European take on Chinese design and architecture.
South Pasadena, California
This building has lived several lives and now houses the history of South Pasadena.
Mesquite, Nevada
A concrete arrow from a 1920s airmail navigation network.
Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico City’s smallest church, designed as a miniature cathedral and visited mainly by robbers and prostitutes.
Osaka, Japan
This temple is home to a group of Buddha statues made from thousands of bones and ashes of the deceased.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
A set of 13th and 14th century standardized bread measures.
Port Townsend, Washington
Built in 1890, this is the last remaining wooden fire bell tower in the United States.
Barcelona, Spain
A centuries-old bar once frequented by Picasso, Hemingway, and Dalí.
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
Local legend of a lurking canal crocodile takes on a life of its own with this sculpture.
Cape Town, South Africa
Planted more than 300 years ago, these trees are South African National Monuments.
Brooklyn, New York
Polish babkas, cheesecakes, and rose jelly-filled doughnuts are made fresh daily at this neighborhood stalwart.
London, England
Over several decades, one of London’s most iconic city gates was dismantled, moved out of the city, and then moved back.
Osaka, Japan
The tomb of an infamous chimeric monster whose corpse once washed ashore in Osaka.
Enggor, Malaysia
The oldest railway bridge in Malaysia.
Sandur, Faroe Islands
Every summer, women from this small Faroese island cover this specific stone with knitted graffiti.
Christchurch, New Zealand
Get your meal delivered via pneumatic at this former post office.
Higashimurayama, Japan
This statue of what appears to be a feudal lord is actually a tribute to Japan's most beloved comedian.
Phoenix, Arizona
This trippy wonderland is the result of one man's obsessive, decades long passion project.
London, England
This blue plaque memorializes the first person to be murdered on a railway train.
Las Vegas, Nevada
The largest recovered section of Titanic sits in a hotel in Las Vegas.