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Two stones just out of the ground.

Jökulsárgljúfur, Iceland

Karl og Kerling

Legend has it these two stones are petrified trolls.

Doctors Pond

Great Dunmow, England

Doctors Pond

This Great Dunmow pond was a breeding ground for medical leeches, as well as the testing ground for the world's first lifeboat.

John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant sign

Danbury, Connecticut

John Oliver Memorial Sewer Plant

After the comedian dissed a Connecticut town on his show, they named a sewage treatment plant after him.

Årjängstrollet

Arjang, Sweden

Årjängstrollet

This giant wooden sculpture is based on local folklore and is said to be "possibly" Sweden's largest troll.

Polar bear by Kal Barteski.

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Back Alley Arctic

A residential service road transformed into a menagerie of larger-than-life paintings of iconic Arctic wildlife.

World’s Largest Quilting Needle

Paducah, Kentucky

World’s Largest Quilting Needle

A 22-foot stainless steel quilting needle pays tribute to a local connection to fiber arts.

Cheese, please.

Provincetown, Massachusetts

Spiritus Pizza

Provincetown's night owls flock to this 52-year-old pizza joint.

opijnen

Opijnen, Netherlands

McCammonplein

A unique World War II memorial commemorates where the American B-17 bomber Man-O-War crashed.

Buster Keaton Museum

Piqua, Kansas

Buster Keaton Museum

This rural water utility building houses a tribute to one of the greatest stars of the silent film era.

Golden Frog of Hakata Station

Fukuoka, Japan

Golden Frog of Hakata Station

It is rumored that if you spot this little golden frog hiding in plain sight, good luck will come your way.

The Sink

Lander, Wyoming

The Sinks

This canyon is named for a unique geologic formation where the river vanishes underground near the mouth of the canyon and reappears farther down.

The monument to the site of the discovery of the Yayoi pottery.

Tokyo, Japan

Yayoi Archaeological Site

The original location of the eponymous site of Japan’s Yayoi period is now lost in time.

Guardians of the Seeds Trolls

Boothbay, Maine

Guardians of the Seeds Trolls

Five mythical trolls have taken up residence in woods and hidden on paths at the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.

The World's Largest Gas Kan.

Gas, Kansas

World's Largest Gas Kan

Don't pass Gas, stop and enjoy it.

Ruins of Orikum

Orikum, Albania

Orikum

Nestled at the southern end of the Bay of Vlore in Albania resides ruins that contain Illyrian, Greek, and Roman influences.

Historical Village of Hokkaido

Sapporo, Japan

Historical Village of Hokkaido

An open-air museum exhibiting a total of 52 century-old buildings, recreating Hokkaido’s “pioneer village.”

Museum of Cham Sculpture

Da Nang, Vietnam

Museum of Cham Sculpture

Home to the world's largest collection of ancient Champa's sculptural works, featuring many Hindu and Buddhist deities.

Claudio Parmiggiani sculptural head

Rennes, France

‘A Fountain’ by Claudio Parmiggiani

Like the monarchs in its home country, this sculpture keeps losing its head.

Michelson Interferometer

Potsdam, Germany

Michelson Interferometer

The site of the original experiment that would be used to disprove the theory of luminiferous ether.

A view of the historical marker in context.

Humboldt, Kansas

Sad Saga of Vegetarian Creek

This historical marker is all that remains of Octagon City, Kansas, a failed vegetarian utopia.

A historic drawing of the church.

Wilmington, Delaware

Old Swedes Church

This 17th-century place of worship still celebrates holidays in the traditional Swedish fashion.

A statue of Omacha, as the pink river dolphin in its humanoid form is called stands at an intersection in Puerto Nariño.

Puerto Nariño, Colombia

Fundación Natütama

From pink dolphins to underwater cities, this museum explores the unseen, mythical world of the Amazon river.

The site of Temiya Line, 1880-1985.

Otaru, Japan

Former Temiya Line Railroad

This abandoned railroad got a new life as a scenic promenade cutting through the city of Otaru.

Stephansson House

Spruce View, Alberta

Stephansson House Provincial Historic Site

This colorful historic site tells the story of Icelandic poetry and community in Central Alberta.

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