Chester, Illinois
Popeye Character Trail
The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.
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Chester, Illinois
The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Copenhagen's celebrated theme park and gardens.
Aarhus, Denmark
This colorful artistic feature atop a Danish art gallery allows visitors to stroll through a rainbow.
Oradour-sur-Glane, France
This French ghost town from World War II has been left as a memorial to German atrocities during World War II.
La Teste-de-Buch, France
Bordered by forest on three sides and the ocean on the other, the Great Dune of Pilat is the highest sand dune in Europe.
Paris, France
A popular shrine where the Blessed Virgin allegedly appeared in 1830, displaying a holy armchair and two incorruptible remains of Lady Saints.
Tchirozérine, Niger
The most remote tree in the world survived desertification, but not a drunk truck driver.
Bangkok, Thailand
For centuries young Thai men used this Giant Swing as a slingshot to heaven.
Bangkok, Thailand
Bangkok celebrated its shifting monarchy with a militaristic homage to democracy.
Bangkok, Thailand
On stormy days debris from this unfinished and abandoned skyscraper rains down on the Bangkok streets.
Bangkok, Thailand
A condom-covered Thai restaurant that is more concerned with birth control than food.
Hin Tung, Thailand
Thousands of bats stream out of caves every night on the edge on Thailand's second largest park.
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
St. Louis, Missouri
The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
St. Louis, Missouri
A historic house in St. Louis was plagued by a series of suicides committed by family members involved in a successful brewery.
St. Louis, Missouri
This is not your typical jungle gym.
St. Louis, Missouri
This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.
St. Louis, Missouri
The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.
Chicago, Illinois
Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.
Chicago, Illinois
A monument to the art of slicing people open.
Chicago, Illinois
The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.
Saturnia, Italy
Geothermal waterfalls in Tuscany.