Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Canton Avenue
One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
One of the steepest streets in the United States makes an intriguing challenge for cyclists.
Prague, Czechia
Macabre astrological automaton clock dating to the late 1400s.
Atlanta, Georgia
This stone is a marker of one millionaire's personal vendetta against gravity.
Chatsworth, Georgia
The mysterious 855-foot zigzagging stone wall has been baffling people for centuries.
Calhoun, Georgia
Incredible miniature towns and buildings created and decorated with thousands of tiny rocks.
Tonopah, Nevada
The farthest you can be in the contiguous U.S. from a McDonald's location.
Fallon, Nevada
Singing sand that stands as the final remains of an ancient lake.
Hormuz, Iran
The colorful soil of Iran’s "Rainbow Island" attracts artists and nature lovers.
Pioneer, Louisiana
This ancient settlement contains some of the largest earthen mounds in North America.
Florence, Italy
The largest and most famous wax anatomical collection anywhere in the world.
Cloquet, Minnesota
The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.
Twentynine Palms, California
This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.
London, England
Thanks to modern navigational tools we now know that the true prime meridian runs through a park next door.
Bolivia
On the outskirts of a desert trading village high on the Andean plain, steel giants have been destroyed by salt winds.
Budhanilkantha, Nepal
This representation of Lord Vishnu is the largest stone sculpture in Nepal.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Bored potato-guarding Nazis etched their thoughts onto a brick storage building in Copenhagen's Meatpacking District.
Trona, California
One of the most unusual geological features, recognizable from a dozen hit movies.
Petersburg, Kentucky
A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."
Portugal
An abandoned mine now resembles a post-apocalyptic landscape of derelict buildings and blood-red pools of water.
Chicago, Illinois
An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.
Randsburg, California
This impressive tunnel was dug entirely by hand over the course of 36 years.
Meknes, Morocco
Designed as a labyrinth, this subterranean prison was crafted without bars or doors.
Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe
The stunningly blue waters of these beautiful caves also have a violent past.
Los Angeles, California
Hidden in the hills of Hollywood, this secluded Oz-themed garden is dotted with dozens of thrones.