Nihommatsu, Japan
Kurozuka (Black Tomb)
Local legend claims that this is the final resting place of an infamous cannibal hag.
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Nihommatsu, Japan
Local legend claims that this is the final resting place of an infamous cannibal hag.
Winchester, England
This public lavatory is home to a mini museum that explores toilets through time.
Guelph, Ontario
Guelph’s hidden tribute to environmental action.
Lindsborg, Kansas
A preserved relic of the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair and a center of Swedish American Culture.
Cedar Crest, New Mexico
Mysterious markers have been giving the public a lesson in dendrochronology for over a century.
Tokyo, Japan
A pair of rivaling shrines dedicated to Lady Oiwa, the most famous vengeful ghost in Japan.
Eindhoven, Netherlands
These giant yellow bowling pins seem to be defying gravity.
Hobart, Australia
Three women and a 10-year-old boy are immortalized in this sculpture memorializing the 13,000 women and children convicts sent to Van Diemen’s Land (now Tasmania) between 1803 and 1853.
Savonlinna, Finland
This island castle now hosts a world-famous opera festival.
East Wenatchee, Washington
A monument tucked within a suburban neighborhood commemorates the first nonstop flight across the Pacific Ocean.
Henderson, Nevada
Clark County Museum has created an entire street of historically important buildings relocated from various other locations within the county.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
A notable example of Prairie School architecture that disregarded Victorian concepts about room divisions and featured a long, narrow floor plan.
Portland, Maine
The only museum in the world dedicated to the global, historic, and modern art of beadwork.
Springfield, Missouri
A phone booth that combines public art and climate change awareness.
Seattle, Washington
Meet me at the most confusing intersection in Seattle.
Krakow, Poland
A 19th-century pharmacy converted into a bookstore.
Stellenbosch, South Africa
A sculpted indigenous garden featuring more than 60 works by Dylan Lewis.
Gothenburg, Sweden
This mysterious sign claims an American astronomer haunts the building—but is it true?
Colchester, England
One of the oldest surviving buildings in Colchester dates back to the 11th century.
London, England
This is London's smallest listed building.
Ashchimuryn, Kazakhstan
A remote, centuries-old underground mosque with a lunar aesthetic.
Koyulus, Kazakhstan
This small canyon is home to a treasure trove of geological oddities.
San Salvador, El Salvador
Padre Delgado, a leader in the fight for Salvadoran independence, is buried in this stunning Brutalist cathedral.
Kazakhstan
These rugged, color-stained mountains hold the secrets of the Kazakh desert.