Brusio, Switzerland
Brusio Spiral Viaduct
This work of engineering is imbued with elegance and ingeniousness.
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Brusio, Switzerland
This work of engineering is imbued with elegance and ingeniousness.
Strasbourg, France
This fascinating museum in an old water tower holds the world's largest collection of Vodou artifacts from western and central Africa.
Port Richey, Florida
An author's private collection of quirky travel-trinkets and oddities has become a rotating mini-museum in the window of a local bookstore.
Tacoma, Washington
This three-story antique market and curiosity emporium claims to be "the largest singly owned antique shop in the Pacific Northwest."
Kosti, Sudan
One of the largest early 20th-century bridges in Sudan.
Balcombe, England
This WWII aircraft museum presents its wrecks like taxidermy, complete with recreations of the crash sites.
Brighton, England
This tunnel entrance is built to resemble a grand castle but no one is quite sure why.
Haywards Heath, England
Nearly 2 billion seeds from 38,000 species are stored and processed at this visitable facility in a quiet corner of England.
Vernon, Vermont
Every Saturday morning, this microbakery fills up with freshly baked pastries and sourdough breads.
Asheville, North Carolina
A wonderful display of arts and crafts handmade by local artisans in the Southern Appalachians.
Washington, D.C.
Stone markers on the campus of Gallaudet University commemorate a peculiar school tradition.
Unity, Maine
After giving up Michelin glamour for his Amish faith, one chef now makes stellar sausages in a small, off-the-grid shop.
Sandavágur, Faroe Islands
Legend says this rock spire is the finger of a witch who wanted to throw the Faroe Islands towards Iceland.
Hoyvík, Faroe Islands
Located more than 600 feet beneath sea level, this tunnel boasts the world's first undersea roundabout.
Cortez, Colorado
A whimsical roadside community of little metal people.
Prince, West Virginia
In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Here lies Lilly E. Gray, an alleged "victim of the beast," but the reason long remained a mystery.
Mumbai, India
A Zoroastrian funerary tower where excarnation rituals are carried out is threatened by the area's dwindling vulture population.
Kolkata, India
For more than 70 years, this small shop has been a go-to for Kolkata's fountain pen connoisseurs and collectors.
Budapest, Hungary
From cartoon characters to tiny tanks, a guerilla sculptor's little bronze statues are hidden throughout the city of Budapest.
Nuremberg, Germany
This historic toy museum brings a little whimsy to a city not usually remembered for such things.
Nuremberg, Germany
This strange sculpture depicts a giant nightmare hare crushing a man to death beneath its colossal bulk.
Whitehead, Northern Ireland
Whimsical woolen creatures have taken over this historic Northern Ireland park.
Whitehead, Northern Ireland
These huge glacial erratics are humorously named after a much much smaller bird.