Punta Arenas, Chile
Shipwreck of the Lord Lonsdale
The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.
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Punta Arenas, Chile
The rusty hull of this 1899 ship serves as a tribute to explorers of the bottom of the world.
Fremantle, Australia
This work of public art symbolizes the maritime history and the modern creative industry in Fremantle.
Luna County, New Mexico
This roadside sculpture garden in New Mexico venerates Mother Earth and outsider art.
Saint James, Missouri
Over 600 vacuum cleaners stack the shelves of what may be the cleanest museum in America.
Beloit, Wisconsin
The world’s largest collection of angel figurines includes 600 black angels donated by Oprah Winfrey.
Bishopville, South Carolina
A hobby born from insomnia has turned into a hangar full of objects that have been be-buttoned by the Button King.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee
Over 20,000 sets of spice shakers reveal the surprisingly telling history of our most basic spices.
Tabley, England
This Cheshire museum has cuckoo clocks, a rare pipe organ and vintage motorbikes. But mostly cuckoo clocks.
Burlingame, California
A comprehensive collection of Pez dispensers.
Sierksdorf, Germany
A museum dedicated to the silliest fruit.
Giessen, Germany
An homage to the humble watering can.
New York, New York
The very first subway station in New York City is beautiful, decked out in chandeliers, and ... abandoned?
Elmore, Ohio
Halloween spirit is alive and well in this small town, where residents race motorized caskets in a yearly tradition.
San Juan de la Vega, Mexico
There is nothing like a religious festival celebrated with blow-up sledgehammers.
Oristano, Italy
This mysterious Sardinian festival sees a horde of blank-faced equestrians compete for tin stars.
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
After a long, dark winter in the upper latitudes, Yellowknife knows how to let it all out in unparalleled style.
Binche, Belgium
The tiny Belgian town's ancient version of Mardi Gras involves eerie wax masks, sticks for warding off evil, and ostrich plume hats.
Prats-de-Mollo-la-Preste, France
Take black faced bears with giant clubs, white faced barbers wielding axes, hunters armed with shotguns, and mix in a lot of drinking.
Mohács, Hungary
Festival of Perpetual Life and Rebirth.
Rayne, Louisiana
The only place to see live frogs don pigtails and top hats, then eat their scrumptious legs.
Pereira, Colombia
This unusual monument shows a naked Simón Bolívar stripped of clothing, medals, and swords.
Auburn, California
A dentist's hated concrete colossi are now beloved icons of the community.
Elberton, Georgia
A mysterious monument meant to be a guide into "an Age of Reason" was destroyed after an apparent bombing.
Peru
Keshwa chaca, among the last handwoven Incan bridges, crosses Apurimac Canyon in Peru.