Valencia, Spain
La Mascletá
A daily pyrotechnic celebration marks a beloved tradition during Valencia's festival season.
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Valencia, Spain
A daily pyrotechnic celebration marks a beloved tradition during Valencia's festival season.
Whitby, England
The view that inspired the scenes of Dracula's first landing in England.
Hólmavík, Iceland
Staves, storm-calling, and of course, necropants.
Fairview, Utah
A small flooded ghost town with a few scattered structures remaining.
Arcola, Illinois
You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.
Essex, Illinois
Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.
Lisle, Illinois
A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.
Boscawen, New Hampshire
Site of an escape, ten murders, and some scalpings.
Ouarzazate, Morocco
World's largest film studio, where visitors tour the decaying sets that litter the harsh desert environment.
Höganäs, Sweden
Micro-nation based around a nine-story high illegally built tower.
Kansas City, Missouri
Four, 18-foot-tall badminton shuttlecocks lie scattered about the lawn of a Kansas City museum.
Gibsonton, Florida
The snowbirds here are circus sideshow performers.
Laxey, Isle of Man
World's largest working waterwheel has been around for over 150 years.
Lyndhurst, Ohio
Annual Easter display made up of thousands of hand-painted eggs.
Mellieħa, Malta
An abandoned set from the 1980 film "Popeye," claimed and repurposed as a theme park by creative locals.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
The city is full of whimsical portals to another world.
Lucas, Kansas
A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.
Needham, Massachusetts
An elaborate, hidden model train in the Needham Town Forest.
Portland, Oregon
The world's smallest park was dedicated in 1948 as the only colony for leprechauns west of Ireland.
Beaconsfield, England
The world's oldest model village.
Les Escaldes, Andorra
A museum of tiny buildings in the tiny country of Andorra.
Freeport, Illinois
A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.
Paris, Illinois
One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.
Harvey, Illinois
Urban explorers embraced America's now demolished first suburban mall, south of Chicago.