Berlin, Germany
Pfaueninsel
This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.
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Berlin, Germany
This Berlin island is home to a flock of free-roaming peacocks, as well as a historic ivory folly.
Takehara, Japan
Japanese island famous for poison gas and fluffy bunnies.
Český Krumlov, Czechia
Be(w)ar(e) the moat around this historic Czech castle.
Bolshoye Andreykovo, Russia
The USSR’s Conquest of Nature lead to the domestication of many moose—no squirrel.
Olkhonsky District, Russia
Some of the world's only freshwater seals live in one very special lake in Russia.
San Francisco, California
Staircase winds down the side of Telegraph Hill through gardens, wild parrots flying overhead.
Brooklyn, New York
Con Edison’s exotic and heat-loving pests.
Morgan Island, South Carolina
4,000 monkeys used for medical testing on an island off of South Carolina.
London, England
Giant, friendly pelicans in Central London, the most unlikely of places.
Alexandria, Scotland
An eccentric aristocrat brought these Australian natives to their current Scottish home.
Big Major Cay, Bahamas
In paradise, feral pigs have claimed an island all to themselves.
Pepeekeo, Hawaii
These picturesque Hawaiian falls are home to a rare species of fish that uses a special sucker to climb up cliffs.
Fingal, Ireland
Wallabies live naturally on this Irish island.
José María Morelos, Mexico
Cave where bat-eating snakes hang down from the ceiling.
Tamri, Morocco
Morocco's Argania trees are infested with nut-hungry goats.
Forks, Washington
One man's eclectic collection of treasures found at sea.
Tandjouare, Togo
Hidden dwellings in the cliffsides of North Togo used by local Moba tribes to evade 18th-century slave traders.
Kiel, Germany
The world's first and only three-segment bascule bridge folds up into the shape of a capital "N" to let boat traffic through.
Cleethorpes, England
This tiny business claims to be "the smallest pub on the planet."
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.
Gaithersburg, Maryland
The U.S. government built the million-pound stack of steel during the Space Race.
El Paso, Texas
A Bhutanese temple gifted from the isolated Himalayan kingdom is now a surprising cultural gem located at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Nunavut
The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.
Camelford, England
A 6th-century stone lies at the site of the mythical battle waged between King Arthur and his nemesis Mordred.