Bartlesville, Oklahoma
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A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.
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Bartlesville, Oklahoma
A whimsical tower with a spiral staircase, inspired by the Space Age and the Möbius strip.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Climb to the top of its spiral spire for spectacular views of Copenhagen.
Independence, Missouri
This otherworldly church spire reaches up toward the heavens.
Qesm Hurghada, Egypt
A massive work of modern art that appears to be a crop circle in the middle of the desert.
Copenhagen, Denmark
The old observatory in Copenhagen has a spiral corridor used as a racetrack.
Chesterfield, England
This enormous spiral sculpture looks strangely out of place on the edge of a housing development.
Dowth, Ireland
The ancient tomb acts as a calendar that keeps perfect time.
Krásno, Czechia
A spiral staircase twists to the top of this unusual Czech lookout tower.
Binz, Germany
A long spiraling walkway winds through the woods, and around a copper beech tree at the center.
Jacksonville, Florida
Must form and function forever remain at odds? Not if the Florida Department of Transportation has its way.
Onomichi, Japan
This high-design church is made up of two dizzying spirals meant to evoke the weaving together of marriage.
Caprarola, Italy
A lavish 16th-century mansion filled with spectacular staircases, fantastic frescoes, and gorgeous gardens.
Kętrzyn County, Poland
This hilltop ruin is of the hundreds of stone columns built in tribute to the first German chancellor.
Bakewell, England
Seat of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire for centuries.
Matlock Bath, England
A seaside town with no sea in sight.
Birchover, England
This mysterious hilltop collection of Druid carvings isn't quite what it seems.
Stanton Lees, England
Legend says this little-known stone circle is formed from people petrified as punishment for dancing on the Sabbath.
Stanton Lees, England
This tower was constructed to commemorate the man who helped bring true democracy to the United Kingdom.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Bonne Terre, Missouri
The world's largest man-made underground caverns offer unparalleled underwater wonders.
Florissant, Missouri
A wax effigy of St. Valentine hides one of the saint's relics.
Cabezuela del Valle, Spain
Blue-green pools and smooth stones comprise one of Spain’s most idyllic hidden wonders.
Durham, England
The 2,000-year-old pieces of metal are an ancient soldier's military discharge papers.
Guayanilla, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's once thriving oil company is now an abandoned wonderland of rusty steel.