São Paulo, Brazil
Loja Monstra
The craziest comic book shop in São Paulo.
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São Paulo, Brazil
The craziest comic book shop in São Paulo.
Blieskastel, Germany
After Nazi forces smashed this 4,000-year-old Neolithic standing stone, locals banded together to restore it.
Pentidattilo, Italy
A ghost town on the slopes of a hand-shaped rock is haunted by the story of a 17th-century murder.
Shayyr, Kazakhstan
Jurassic clays where the dinosaurs once roamed.
Gyeongju, South Korea
From mid-September to early November, dreamy fields of pink muhly grass spring up all over South Korea.
Bradford, England
A museum devoted to the science of color.
Sukagawa, Japan
A small, family-friendly museum dedicated to the “god of special effects” who brought Godzilla to life.
Görlitz, Germany
One of the few German synagogues to survive the Kristallnacht pogrom has been beautifully restored.
Chino, Japan
High in the trees or suspended between cables, these surreal structures are the works of a unique Japanese architect.
Bomarsund, Åland Islands
This impressive coastal fortress was destroyed before it was finished.
Staten Island, New York
This sign marks the start and end of Matt Green's nearly 10,000-mile quest to walk every block of every street in New York City.
Huntsville, Ontario
Built by a Detroit lawyer in honor of his wife.
Lipnice nad Sázavou, Czechia
This trio of reliefs—an ear, a mouth, and a pair of eyes—carved into the walls of flooded quarries is a monument to spying.
Morioka, Japan
Legend says that a swarm of centipedes and snakes once crawled out of the tomb of this cursed princess.
Omaha, Nebraska
A life-size bronze statue of Ettore Boiardi, the man behind the can.
Durrës, Albania
A fascinating little project dedicated to preserving the charming historic doors of Durrës.
Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok's take on the High Line is a park on a traffic bridge above the iconic Chao Phraya River.
Salisbury, England
The twice-stolen hand of an alleged card cheat, with its final set of playing cards.
Wilderness, South Africa
A vast and varied antique and vintage collection that borders on museum status.
Passu, Pakistan
Unrefined, uneven, and unstable—this is the real McCoy of Pakistani suspension bridges.
Riga, Latvia
A collection of historical engines and rolling stock from throughout Riga's rich railway history.
Geneva, Switzerland
During the French annexation, 36 prisoners were executed using this device.
Leadhills, Scotland
The oldest subscription library in Britain was started by lead miners in southwest Scotland.
Weston, England
The grave of the mythical giant who stole from wealthy bakers to give to the poor.