Wilmette, Illinois
Bahá'í Temple
The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.
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Wilmette, Illinois
The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Allen Park, Michigan
The 80-foot tire that looms over Michigan's I-94 was once a Ferris wheel in the New York World Fair.
Pringy, Switzerland
Watch cheese-flipping robots in action at this factory and museum.
Detroit, Michigan
Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The bugs crawling down the front of this office building are almost as big as a '68 VW Beetle.
Shorewood, Wisconsin
A circus of light and sound forms a sensory ode to an iconic train that will never pass through town again.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This quirky museum has a collection of more than 15,000 bobblehead dolls.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
A wonderfully curated used bookstore in an airport.
Ishpeming, Michigan
A comedy troupe's collection of bizarre humor.
Marquette, Michigan
Large one-man sculpture park in Michigan.
L'Anse, Michigan
This missionary's legacy looms large over the Upper Peninsula of Michigan—literally.
Bucharest, Romania
The kitsch mansion of the former Romanian president Nicolae Ceaușescu features a golden bathroom.
Barcelona, Spain
This home designed for chocolate magnate Antoni Amatller is an exquisite treasure-box of Catalan Modernism.
Moscow, Russia
An iconic Soviet statue of working-class people.
Moscow, Russia
Museum celebrating the achievements of the Soviet space program.
Neenah, Wisconsin
The museum houses one of the world's largest collections of glass paperweights.
Lasithi, Greece
This little Greek plateau is home to thousands of rustic, white-sailed windmills.
Heraklion, Greece
A minotaur, a labyrinth, and a dubious restoration pull in visitors from around the world.
Abades, Spain
An unexpected ghost village lurks on the southeast coast of Tenerife.
Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Walk up a ramp through a forest for panoramic views of Lake Michigan.
Madison, Wisconsin
Prayers and messages of hope decorate the ceramic tiles of this pavilion.
Warsaw, Poland
Once home to some 250,000 volumes and priceless art artifacts, this Polish estate was a target of bombing during World War II.