Giessen, Germany
Schlammbeiser Statue
Commemorating a unique medieval profession: men who collected feces.
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Giessen, Germany
Commemorating a unique medieval profession: men who collected feces.
Giessen, Germany
A statue beloved by—and named by—the local townsfolk it represents.
Giessen, Germany
An oversized, oddly designed pedestrian overpass has drawn comparisons to a commode for pachyderms.
Giessen, Germany
An homage to the humble watering can.
Berlin, Germany
A monument to the three wars that led to German unification towers within a Berlin traffic circle.
Sister Bay, Wisconsin
Restaurant in Northern Wisconsin comes with a unique feature: a grassy roof covered in living goats.
Custer, South Dakota
The world's largest mountain carving could fit all of Mount Rushmore inside it many times over.
Fargo, North Dakota
"...I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper?"
New Orleans, Louisiana
The South's nickname was supposedly born at a former bank in New Orleans' French Quarter.
Chicago, Illinois
Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.
Klamath, California
These cinderblock farmhouses were actually World War II radar stations in disguise.
Klamath, California
This massive redwood tree has a drive-thru tunnel carved out of its trunk.
Crescent City, California
This 19th-century museum inside of a lighthouse is only accessible during low tide.
Portland, Oregon
These old stone ruins in the Oregon wilderness were once bathrooms and are steeped in legends of murder.
Saint Paul, Minnesota
The literary king of the Jazz Age was born in this lovely Minnesota home which still honors his legacy.
Warrenton, Oregon
100-year-old shipwreck you can walk up to at low tide.
Kharkov, Armenia
The observation point offers spectacular views of the ruins of an ancient Armenian capital.
Butte, Montana
High in the Rockies the third largest statue in the U.S. opens her welcoming arms, and lights up the night sky.
Butte, Montana
The oldest continuously-operating Chinese restaurant in the United States has been in business since 1911.
Butte, Montana
New fungal and bacterial species call this deadly lake home.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming
One of nature's most well-scheduled phenomenons resides in Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park.
Goldendale, Washington
A French chateau, failed utopian community, odd museum, and Stonehenge replica in rural Washington State.
Seattle, Washington
This former coal gasification plant found a curious second life as a popular public park.
Salem, Oregon
This incongruous small ferry across the Willamette River north of Salem, Oregon has been operating continuously since the 1850s.