Budapest, Hungary
Rubik R-26 Góbé
A giant glider—designed by the father of the Rubik's Cube's designer—now soars within a shopping mall.
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Budapest, Hungary
A giant glider—designed by the father of the Rubik's Cube's designer—now soars within a shopping mall.
Durham, England
These courts are the only ones of their kind in the world, made for a unique ball game that dates back to the 1700s.
Belgrade, Serbia
One of Belgrade's most beloved animals.
Ghent, Belgium
An unsettling sculpture of a boy hanging out in a street in Ghent has been baffling visitors for years.
Crieff, Scotland
A sculpture commemorating the "world's best mouser" in what is likely Scotland's longest-running distillery
Greenville, Mississippi
One of the best-preserved Native American mounds remaining in the southern United States.
Luba, Equatorial Guinea
During the dry season, this white-sand beach hosts thousands of breeding butterflies.
Bangui, Central African Republic
This mosque is an enduring symbol of Central African Republic's rich Muslim heritage.
Bangui, Central African Republic
Amidst political unrest, this Roman Catholic Cathedral has helped organize peace talks.
Bissau, Guinea-Bissau
This monument memorializes a violent massacre where colonial police killed 50 striking dockworkers.
Palm Beach, Florida
This spooky road cut through a mound of ancient coral might be haunted by a witch.
Manaus, Brazil
The only restaurant serving indigenous foods from the Amazon.
Changhua City, Taiwan
The longest skywalk in Taiwan.
Tokyo, Japan
This public bathroom takes the form of a 19th-century lighthouse that once stood on the spot.
Lindau, Germany
A lakeside footbridge that records Nobel Prize laureates' names in metal silhouette.
Gerlach, Nevada
A little-known occurrence of fossil wood in northern Washoe County, Nevada, near the Black Rock Desert.
Ceres, Scotland
A stone memorial marking the location where Scotland's first aeronautical flight landed.
Los Angeles, California
Anza led the first Spanish settlers from Mexico to Monterey, California in the 1770s.
Rapid City, South Dakota
Calidum et Deliciose Succosum!
Castle Dale, Utah
A spectacular overlook of the Little Grand Canyon of the San Rafael River, a deep sandstone gorge streaked with orange, red and white in a remote, uncrowded part of Utah.
San Antonio, Texas
In 1977, wealthy socialite Sandra West was buried wearing an elegant white nightdress while reclining comfortably in her powder-blue 1964 Ferrari.
Flemingsberg, Sweden
An entire shopping mall and industrial terrain named for the time the king of Sweden's car went into a ditch.
Clarksburg, Maryland
A well-worn trail through thick woods in northern Montgomery County leads to an old schoolhouse.
Menands, New York
The final resting place of President Chester A. Arthur and hundreds of others from Revolutionary War soldiers to poets, politicians, and painters.