Bern, Switzerland
The Child Eater of Bern
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
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Bern, Switzerland
A nearly 500-year-old sculpture depicts a man eating a sack of babies, and no one is sure why.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Peach Springs, Arizona
In a 345-million-year-old cave that's 200 feet underground, dinner awaits.
Boston, Massachusetts
This upscale streetwear store is hidden behind a fake Snapple machine in the back of a deli.
Lviv, Ukraine
Get past the gatekeeper's apartment and enter an elaborate hoax of a restaurant with a Masonic feel.
Niigata, Japan
This snack factory boasts several tributes to its popular line of rice crackers, including a quasi-shrine.
Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo’s only Ainu restaurant serves Indigenous food from northern Japan.
Tokyo, Japan
A charming, homemade vending machine dispenses burgers and sandwiches at this hole-in-the-wall bakery.
Little Dunmow, England
It's believed Matilda Fitzwalter's life was the basis for the famed literary figure.
Portland, Maine
Accessible only by boat, this centuries-old island fort never saw troops or combat.
Key West, Florida
Here’s how Robert the Doll earned his reputation as the most haunted doll in the world.
Littledean, England
A 200-year-old prison that now houses a peculiar crime museum.
Nottingham, England
An engineering error ensured this cavernous 350-foot-long subterranean thoroughfare was never used as intended.
Sapporo, Japan
The only thing sweeter than the potatoes is the canine proprietor of this roadside stall.
Ypres, Belgium
A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.
Heuvelland, Belgium
A Cold War command center is hidden under an idyllic countryside.
Heuvelland, Belgium
Because sometimes you need to make a batch of frites even when the stores are all closed.
Kobayashi, Japan
Ever needed a chocolate-filled crepe in the wee hours of the morning?
Cedar Creek, Texas
A 24-hour vending machine restocked daily with homemade full-sized pecan pies.
Ars-en-Ré, France
For those late-night mollusk cravings.
Kansas City, Kansas
Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?
Singapore
Frozen in Norway, vended in Singapore.
Aptos, California
At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.
Glasgow, Scotland
These ruins have been linked to a sherbet factory that exploded, but the story may be entirely fictional.