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Muchachos Storefront

Kyoto, Japan

Muchachos

A hidden empanada shop run by the biggest Boca Juniors F.C Japanese fan.

Coal-Fired Fish and Chip Shop

Upton, England

Coal-Fired Fish and Chip Shop

This traditionally British fish and chip shop is one of the few that still cooks its products in a coal-fired range.

Cozy Inn’s Iconic Neon Sign

Janesville, Wisconsin

Cozy Inn Restaurant

Wisconsin’s oldest Chinese restaurant, still glowing beneath its historic neon sign.

The plaque

Madison, Wisconsin

Elvis Karate Fight Plaque

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

Front entry

Madison, Wisconsin

Gates of Heaven Synagogue

This synagogue in Madison, Wisconsin, is a historic architectural gem and one of the oldest surviving synagogue buildings in the United States.

Lamp House

Madison, Wisconsin

Lamp House

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

Royal Thai Pavilion

Madison, Wisconsin

Royal Thai Pavilion

Prayers and messages of hope decorate the ceramic tiles of this pavilion.

Pinkie the Pink Elephant

Sun Prairie, Wisconsin

Pinkie the Pink Elephant

Hobbiton

Matamata, New Zealand

Hobbiton

This sheep farm has been forever transformed since being built for “The Hobbit” film series.

Kincho Raccoon Statue in Komatsushima Station Park

Komatsushima-shi, Japan

Kincho Raccoon Dog Statue

A statue of a mischievous raccoon towers over this city park.

Golden Frog of Hakata Station

Fukuoka, Japan

Golden Frog of Hakata Station

It is rumored that if you spot this little golden frog hiding in plain sight, good luck will come your way.

The parfait is a particularly popular treat.

Fukuoka, Japan

Sanatorium - Wonder Museum Annex

A bizarre, tuberculosis sanatorium-themed café moonlighting as an underground art gallery.

Phone booth, follow the brick road!

Madison, Wisconsin

The Nick Weerts Memorial Phone Booth

Pick up the receiver of this ordinary-looking phone booth and more than ten hours of voices, music, laughter and memories from the past come unexpectedly back through the line.

The full sweep of the wall, with the star panel at its centre.

Baku, Azerbaijan

The Press Mosaic

The façade of Soviet Azerbaijan's state printing house is shaped like an open book, inlaid with writing systems from Egyptian hieroglyphs to a Mayan calendar.

The People’s Treasure

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

The People’s Treasure

Cool Soviet-era public sculpture outside the Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences on Chuy Ave.

Franks Diner

Kenosha, Wisconsin

Franks Diner

Behind a modern brick exterior lies the oldest continuously-operating lunch-car diner in the United States.

M-74 Nike Missile Tracking and Control Site.
Permanently Closed

Waukesha, Wisconsin

M-74 Nike Missile Tracking and Control Site.

A forgotten Cold War relic hidden in the outskirts of a Wisconsin city.

The Wizard of Waukesha

Waukesha, Wisconsin

Waukesha County Historical Society & Museum

A hidden gem that highlights the life and innovations of Les Paul, the "Wizard of Waukesha."

Holy Trinity Oak Tree Chapel

Čibukovac, Serbia

Holy Trinity Oak Tree Chapel

Three people can fit inside this little Serbian Orthodox church carved inside a 500-year-old oak tree.

Clown Motel

Tonopah, Nevada

Clown Motel

Oh, just a motel on the edge of the desert decorated with thousands of clowns conveniently located next to an abandoned graveyard.

Statue of St. Wilgefortis

Prague, Czechia

Statue of St. Wilgefortis

A crucified and bearded female saint.

Visitors examine the Dripstone Wall for secret passageways

Prague, Czechia

Dripstone Wall

Countless grotesque faces stare out from this eerie Prague art wall.

Inside the laboratory

Prague, Czechia

Speculum Alchemiae

The hidden lair of an alchemist rediscovered in a 2002 flood.

Parable with Skull.

Prague, Czechia

Podobenství s Lebkou (Parable With Skull)

An existential riddle in the world's largest ancient castle.

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