Belfort, France
The Lion of Belfort
A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.
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Belfort, France
A colossal sculptural lion built by the same man who designed the Statue of Liberty.
Besançon, France
One of the world's most complex timepieces.
Dienersdorf, Austria
"World machine" built by an untrained Austrian farmer.
Prague, Czechia
A 400-year-old mummified arm dangles from the ceiling of St. James the Greater, serving as a warning to thieves.
Prague, Czechia
Around 100,000 bodies are buried below the medieval headstones, many of which mark graves with multiple bodies stacked up to 12 deep.
Prague, Czechia
Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.
Prague, Czechia
A mocking tribute to the past and modern leadership of Prague.
Prague, Czechia
Monument to a suicide protesting the Soviet invasion.
Prague, Czechia
The last municipal pneumatic post system in the world was in operation for over 100 years, and may run again.
Mecca, California
A museum dedicated to a sea that should have never been.
Mecca, California
The ghostly remains of an accidental sea.
Calipatria, California
A hand-built folk art installation covered with messages of God's love.
Seale, Alabama
A former taxidermist has turned his old shop into a folk art mecca.
Prague, Czechia
Increasingly decayed figures stand as a powerful reminder of the human costs of Czech Communism.
Prague, Czechia
A crucified and bearded female saint.
Lo-Reninge, Belgium
The foundations of a forgotten fortress, wedged in between two streams.
Khlong Mai, Thailand
An enormous dragon scales the walls of this 17-story temple.
Bruges, Belgium
Christ's blood allegedly preserved in a Belgian town.
Lo-Reninge, Belgium
A taxus-tree to which Julius Caesar reputedly tied his horse.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Even in death, he's still your huckleberry.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado
Crystal clear lake with a shoreline of travertine located in a Colorado canyon.
Leadville, Colorado
An enthusiastically interactive mining museum that won't let black lung ruin the fun.
Leadville, Colorado
Abandoned silver mine strewn with wrecked and twisted structures.
Red Cliff, Colorado
Once an unstoppable source of gold and silver, this town came to a grinding stop when the groundwater proved deadly.