Tbilisi, Georgia
Leaning Tower of Tbilisi
The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.
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Tbilisi, Georgia
The charmingly disheveled clock tower of Tbilisi's puppet theater.
New York, New York
The oldest surviving bridge in New York City, which reopened to pedestrians in 2015.
Nairobi, Kenya
Kenyan restaurant is a carnivore's paradise, serving exotic meats at its ultimate 'Beast of a Feast.'
Tucson, Arizona
Miniature art that tells an enormous story.
Kyiv, Ukraine
The largest collection of death masks in Ukraine.
Austin, Texas
Home to the largest urban bat colony in North America, estimated at 1.5 million bats.
Austin, Texas
Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.
Austin, Texas
Now abandoned, this East Austin school for the disabled began as the "State Colony for the Feeble-minded."
Fremont, California
The old Niles Canyon Aqueduct in the San Francisco Bay Area is a bemusing and secret trail through nature for wayward travelers.
Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
An honorary saint of the people, Maria Adelaide became an incorrupt corpse, the clothes intact, exhaling “a strong scent of roses.”
Budapest, Hungary
Electrical curiosity museum housed in an old transformer station.
Montreal, Québec
Two adjoining collections of 19th-20th century physics apparatuses and instruments.
Queens, New York
Read between the lines of the subway map to find the hidden abandoned Civil War fort.
Cave City, Kentucky
A museum to a cave explorer whose tragic death was a media sensation, and whose corpse became a tourist attraction.
Hillsborough, California
A burnt orange monolithic dome structure perched on a hillside near Interstate 280.
St. Helena Island, South Carolina
The remains of a chapel created for convenience.
Tarrenz, Austria
Where beer lovers can literally immerse themselves in beer.
Beijing, China
Beijing's expansive subterranean hiding spot now crumbles away as a tourist destination.
London, England
Since 1874, this macabre collection has developed into a museum devoted to Scotland Yard's mementos of dastardly deeds.
Fiddletown, California
An old-timey medicine shop that once served Chinese laborers during the Gold Rush is still open for business to this day.
Islas Marietas, Mexico
A lovers' beach, tucked below the surface of the island, provides a safe haven for romance.
Rothesay, Scotland
A bay of elaborate, historic toilets are held in high esteem at this Scottish dock.
Xilin Gol, China
The largest dinosaurs in the world, kissing above the highway.
Paris, France
With a history of slaughter, feast, and famine, remnants of the pork industry decorate this area--even its church.