Wilmington, North Carolina
Museum of the Bizarre
A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.
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Wilmington, North Carolina
A curious collection of oddities including a lock of Alexander Hamilton's hair and Harry Houdini's ouija board.
Ramla, Israel
You can row a boat through this ancient underground reservoir.
Delmar, Maryland
The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.
Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina
The only working large-scale tea plantation in the United States.
Honeoye Falls, New York
An unassuming nature trail winds through dozens of tiny houses built for the wee people.
Świebodzin, Poland
This towering statue of Jesus provided internet to the surrounding area.
Billund, Denmark
An enormous playhouse designed to look like 21 stacked Lego bricks, with another 25 million colorful Legos inside.
Stamford, England
England’s ancient oak tree has such an impressive girth, people have been hosting parties within the hollow trunk for centuries.
London, England
This ornate Victorian marketplace was the setting for Diagon Alley and the Leaky Cauldron in the first ‘Harry Potter’ film.
London, England
A kaleidoscopic warehouse-maze of handmade neon signs.
London, England
This shop and gallery is a modern-day cabinet of curiosities, unassumingly positioned along an urban thoroughfare.
London, England
Kings Cross Station pays tribute to its role in Britain's best-selling book series.
Vienna, Austria
Vienna's diversity-themed traffic lights were inspired by the Eurovision Song Contest.
Park City, Utah
The largest wildlife crossing in Utah allows local fauna to safely traverse the six-lane Interstate 80 at Parleys Canyon.
Santa Barbara, California
For over 20 years, Lil Toot has delighted guests with narrated boat rides between Stearns Wharf and Santa Barbara Harbor, becoming a beloved local legend and top-rated experience for visitors.
Ouderkerk aan de Amstel, Netherlands
A Portuguese Jewish cemetery filled with stunning grave monuments that date back to 1614.
Henrieville, Utah
This quiet park's strange sedimentary spires were named after Kodak's color film.
Scotland, Maryland
This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.
Harbor Springs, Michigan
A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.
Kearney, Missouri
One of America's first planned communities is preserved in a state park.
Florence, Oregon
The park preserves a single, rare species of carnivorous plant that spells doom for unsuspecting insects.
Kansasville, Wisconsin
The Bong-area park police have asked visitors to please, stop stealing the signs.
Homosassa, Florida
Meet manatees face-to-face at this zoo for native species.
Lake Itasca, Minnesota
At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.