New Carlisle, Indiana
Studebaker Tree Sign
One of the world’s largest living advertisements is made out of pine trees.
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New Carlisle, Indiana
One of the world’s largest living advertisements is made out of pine trees.
Valenciennes, France
This is what trains will look like after the zombie apocalypse.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.
Gastro
An unassuming oil drum houses a three-tiered oven.
Sunnyvale, California
An Aladdin's cave of old Silicon Valley tech.
Caiguna, Australia
Some of the world's largest letters are carved into the limestone bedrock of the Nullarbor Plain.
Drinks
A sacred alcoholic drink made from chewed and fermented yuca.
Pyeongchang, South Korea
The darkest building on Earth was built for the snow-white scenery of the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Detroit, Michigan
The world’s largest Masonic temple was saved by the White Stripes.
Guano, Ecuador
A mummified Spanish monk found in the walls of an Ecuadorian church, alongside a mummified mouse.
Drinks
Peru's purple drink made from purple corn.
Esperance, Australia
A tiny museum in Esperance, Australia, displays a bunch of space debris from NASA’s Skylab.
Jincheng, Taiwan
The wartime boat shelter now doubles as an underground concert hall where musicians play on rafts along the waterway.
Kuta Selatan, Indonesia
Someone left a Boeing 737 in a field in southern Bali.
Lima, Peru
The elaborate crypt where Peruvian heroes of the War of the Pacific were laid to rest.
Brasília, Brazil
A stunning Catholic cathedral built by a curve-loving communist in Brazil’s newly created capital.
Lima, Peru
A monument to the conquistador became increasingly controversial in the very city that he founded.
Buenos Aires, Argentina
The narrowest house in Buenos Aires is less than 10 feet wide.
Ingredients & Condiments
In the Andean highlands, clay makes bitter potatoes more palatable.
Zeitz, Germany
A simple tribute to the microscopic arachnid that gives its juices and its life to help make a speciality German cheese.
Prepared Foods
Peru’s leaf-wrapped rice ball might be named after John the Baptist’s decapitated head.
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The largest library in Latin America owes its existence to an Old World earthquake and a Napoleonic invasion.
Campamento Geotermico Corfo, Chile
The largest geyser field in the southern hemisphere is a spectacular sight.
Prepared Foods
This widely varying dish may come with half a face, a lone floating jaw, or a chewy tongue.