Los Angeles, California
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A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.
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Los Angeles, California
A monthly street "service" of handmade puppets and live original puppets, whose devotees profess has the power to change lives.
Los Angeles, California
A long-vacant Scottish Rite temple in Hollywood has been converted into an art museum filled with Masonic relics.
Pasadena, California
This 1920s masterpiece of French Quarter architecture hides a secret tunnel used by Albert Einstein.
Glendale, California
A one-of-a-kind collection of a unique medium.
Los Angeles, California
A visionary, futuristic sculpture in Los Angeles that never met its extraterrestrial potential.
Pasadena, California
Inspiring Earthlings to Boldly Go.
St. Louis, Missouri
An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.
Manitou Springs, Colorado
A lively annual event in which thousands of people race to push coffins heavy with bodies up a hill.
Raymond Island, Australia
Australian Lake set aglow by Noctiluca Scintillans.
Nederland, Colorado
Inspired by a music box, a small town Vietnam vet carved an entire carousel full of animals by hand.
Lafayette, Colorado
According to local legend, a tree grew from the stake that killed this alleged vampire. In reality, he probably died from influenza.
Pawtucket, Rhode Island
The first ever diner included on the National Register of Historic Places is famous for its custard French toast.
Sydney, Australia
This secret Australian garden was built on love after a man planted a random bulb he found in the ocean.
Edinburgh, Scotland
This king penguin is a knighted brigadier of the Norwegian Army.
Naantali, Finland
A replica of the home of a famous fictional troll family.
Seoul, South Korea
Step into a cartoon at this Seoul café that aims to evoke a two-dimensional scene.
Bloomfield, New Mexico
The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.
Zagreb, Croatia
Where the lovelorn find a home for their sentimental keepsakes.
Kyiv, Ukraine
A Kyiv-based repository for all manners of discarded curiosities.
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
The world's second largest single-dish radio telescope, once used to contact E.T.
Pietrapertosa, Italy
The steel cable lets adventurers zoom between two mountain towns at speeds of up to 75 miles per hour.
Aurland, Norway
Longest road tunnel in the world features an air treatment plant and the illusion of daylight.
Gävle, Sweden
If there is one thing you don't want to be in Sweden during Christmas, it's a Yule Goat.
Enontekiö, Finland
This lake-bound geographical marker sits at the point where three European countries intersect.