Mexico City, Mexico
Museo de Geología (Museum of the Institute of Geology)
The museum houses "the most studied meteorite in history," among other geological oddities.
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Mexico City, Mexico
The museum houses "the most studied meteorite in history," among other geological oddities.
Pocahontas, Arkansas
Despite what scientists think, the town still says this is an extraterrestrial rock.
Andover, England
The earliest meteorite ever discovered in Britain was nearly missed.
Beira, Mozambique
Once living up to its name as the grandest hotel in all of Africa, the Grande Hotel is now home to a community of squatters.
Tokyo, Japan
Only recently added to the shrine, this googly-eyed snail demon of unknown origin is said to have eye-healing powers.
Potter, Nebraska
Storage units with a wartime past.
Calhan, Colorado
Wondrous sandstone hoodoos where Native Americans collected clay for pottery, 9,000 years ago.
Naucalpan, Mexico
This fantastical house shaped like a seashell brings aquatic design to architecture.
Tomar, Portugal
The medieval castle built as headquarters for the Pope's secretive Knights Templar.
Madrid, Spain
Once a resting spot for King Fernando VII.
Bangkok, Thailand
Founded during the Ayutthaya era, this unique Buddhist temple remains shipshape to this day.
Aarhus, Denmark
This inverted metropolis model is the artist's "revenge" for not being allowed to have a doll house as a kid.
Chichicastenango, Guatemala
An art gallery that celebrates Indigenous Maya practices and traditions.
Field, British Columbia
Fossils, railroads, and waterfalls!
West Windsor Township, New Jersey
A bronze monument to the infamous radio broadcast in the real New Jersey town where the fictional Martians crash-landed.
Coulee City, Washington
Site of the greatest known waterfall that ever existed.
Phil Campbell, Alabama
Famous for its bio-luminescent inhabitants, known as "dismalites."
Chester, Illinois
The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.
Dothan, Alabama
Dothan, Alabama has been invaded by scores of anthropomorphic peanuts.
Zihuatanejo, Mexico
A notoriously corrupt Chief of Police's deteriorating Greek-themed playhouse.
Keflavík, Iceland
A popular Icelandic children's story comes to life inside this cave.
Kalsoy, Faroe Islands
This isolated structure beckons adventurers with sublime views of the Faroe Islands.
Greece
The hallucinogenic center of the ancient world.
Nida, Lithuania
An extensive collection of some of the oldest grave markers in Lithuania.