Sala, Sweden
Sala Silver Mine Hotel Suite
This luxury hotel suite is located deep in the bowels of an old mine.
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Sala, Sweden
This luxury hotel suite is located deep in the bowels of an old mine.
Berlin, Germany
A replica of the Liberty Bell rang daily from West Berlin's City Hall throughout the Cold War.
Warsaw, Poland
A program of Communist glamour in post-Stalin Poland is preserved in this colorful museum.
Deniliquin, Australia
The world's largest gathering of flatbed coupes can be found annually at this rural festival in New South Wales.
Berlin, Germany
A state-of-the-art medical facility from the Imperial era is now a derelict ruin.
Washington, D.C.
A much-maligned monument to teetotalism.
Eden, New York
This two-room factory has been cranking out the musical signifier of zaniness for a century.
Los Angeles, California
Her final resting place was intended to be modest and private, but the power of her popularity continues to draw visitors.
Giessen, Germany
This peculiar museum offers hands-on interaction with seemingly intangible principles of mathematics.
Priozerskiy rayon, Russia
A little church on a tiny island looks like something from a fairy tale.
Guatape, Colombia
Ripped apart by a bomb in 1993, the shell of Pablo Escobar's infamous vacation house still stands.
Kayenta, Arizona
Ancestral Puebloan ruins, natural arches, and box canyons abound in this seldom-visited corner of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park.
Fort Kent, Maine
A monument marks the beginning of the longest north-south road in the United States.
Giessen, Germany
An oversized, oddly designed pedestrian overpass has drawn comparisons to a commode for pachyderms.
Fraserburgh, Scotland
An 18th-century lighthouse built on a 16th-century castle is now a monument to the maritime beacons of Scotland.
Miyoshi, Japan
A statue erected on an infamous cliff where young boys would hold dangerous "pee offs" to prove their mettle.
Krakow, Poland
This sprawling concrete suburb of Kraków was designed by the Soviet Union as the model proletarian city.
Washington, D.C.
An unassuming, powerful monument north of the U.S. Capitol bears witness to the resilience of Japanese Americans during a time of grave injustice.
Milan, Italy
The odd depiction of the Virgin Mary and baby Jesus is rooted in the Catholic Church's eradication of Catharism.
Meißen, Germany
From morgue to urn, watch the whole process at this unusual educational attraction.
Lowell, Massachusetts
According to legend, Bob Dylan sneaks in twice a year to eat dinner with Jack.
Verzy, France
Hundreds of dwarf beeches create an unusual, haunting forest in the north of France.
San Antonio, Texas
A 131-year-old wunderkammer of Texas history.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.