Cartagena, Colombia
Door Knockers of Cartagena
The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.
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Cartagena, Colombia
The colonial city's social history is reflected in its fanciful door knockers.
Wellington, New Zealand
A memorial to Wellington's well-loved, well-traveled wharf dog.
Washington, D.C.
A three-story tower of books about Abraham Lincoln is one of the more unusual monuments to the president.
Hamilton, New Zealand
The "Rocky Horror Picture Show" character has a hidden camera that broadcasts people doing the "Time Warp."
Goffstown, New Hampshire
Row, row, row your pumpkin quickly down the stream.
WaKeeney, Kansas
The holiday spirit lingers year-round in the "Christmas City of the High Plains."
Longville, Minnesota
Summer in the "Turtle Racing Capital of the World" means rousing weekly reptile races.
Portland, Oregon
Not-so-fearsome tiny trolls live under this wooden train trestle in Portland.
Te Pahu, New Zealand
Hundreds of toothbrushes hang from a wire fence along a quiet New Zealand road.
Helensburgh, Australia
An abandoned railroad tunnel is now filled with bioluminescent bugs.
Columbia, Missouri
The obelisk meant to mark the founding father's grave at Monticello is actually on the University of Missouri campus.
Nottingham, England
When the public was consulted about a new piece of street art, they naturally asked for an enormous metal dragon.
Detroit, Michigan
Over a thousand feet beneath the Detroit streets is a subterranean metropolis few are allowed to enter.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
This roadside attraction has been serving out its fair share of hearty folklore and chaos since 1858.
Huntsville, Alabama
This 12-foot-tall T-rex is the largest K’Nex skeleton sculpture in the world.
Cologny, Switzerland
Where Mary Shelley’s 'Frankenstein' and John William Polidori's 'The Vampyre' were born.
Natural Bridge, Virginia
An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.
Jaffna, Sri Lanka
These abandoned ruins in the middle of Jaffna have withstood centuries of tumultuous power struggles.
Key Biscayne, Florida
An abandoned water sports stadium that has become a haven for graffiti and decay.
Key Biscayne, Florida
A community of collapsing homes more than a mile out from the Florida coast.
Key Biscayne, Florida
Located within a historic park, the beacon is the oldest standing structure in Miami.
Big Sur, California
This Big Sur waterfall drops 80 feet directly into the Pacific Ocean, and inspired the hillside house up top.
San Antonio, Texas
A tall smoke stack and boarded-up buildings are all that's left of the pioneering plant.
San Antonio, Texas
An abandoned, decaying sculpture garden built by an eccentric physician in the 1920s now looks more like a forgotten cemetery.