Brooksville, Florida
Mermaid Tale Trail
Dozens of giant mermaids are hidden across Florida’s coast in parks, yards, and beaches.
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Brooksville, Florida
Dozens of giant mermaids are hidden across Florida’s coast in parks, yards, and beaches.
Stockton-on-Tees, England
Turrets, ramparts and towers, this Teesside castle has them all, but it's not all as it seems.
Oakhurst, California
A campy fiberglass statue welcomes visitors to this small town in central California.
Hood River, Oregon
Where hand-pressed burgers meet low-flying planes — a 1950s drive-in shack at the end of an active runway in the Columbia River Gorge, with Mount Hood on one side and Mount Adams on the other.
Lisburn, Northern Ireland
The decaying giant of Ulster’s lost linen empire.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A 19th century bank turned into a 6-story immersive art experience.
Lakewood, Colorado
At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.
Budapest, Hungary
A forgotten Art Deco department store in central Budapest, where faded socialist-era retail grandeur meets the haunting beauty of urban decay.
London, England
Tucked away in a London Tube station, this 1920s linear clock shows the time across the world all at once.
Gun Bay, Cayman Islands
A massive maritime collision may have led to the myth of a resort island's strange financial status.
Vela Luka, Croatia
A cave with a continual human presence from 20,000 BC outside of Vela Luka on the island of Korcula.
Monterey, California
The last remaining houses of a bygone world immortalized by John Steinbeck in his novel “Cannery Row.”
Wiarton, Ontario
This small town is home to Ontario’s answer to Punxsutawney Phil.
San Diego, California
Listen to the sounds of the Earth moving along the Rose Canyon Fault.
Oslo, Norway
A small Oslo museum dedicated to failed products, bad ideas, overhyped inventions, and the strange lessons hidden inside them.
Kyoto, Japan
The sound of swaying stalks in this stunning grove has been named a governmentally recognized sound.
Gorizia, Italy
What was once an ordinary pedestrian tunnel under Gorizia Castle has been transformed into an immersive artistic experience.
London, England
A charming 17th-century alley is lined with secondhand bookstores and antiquarian shops.
Brooklyn, New York
This 19th century wooden span is one of only four retractile bridges in the United States.
Venice, Italy
This community on a small Venetian island has taken to painting their houses in bright neon hues.
Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
Pugs with antlers are found all over the city as a homage to one of its most famous cartoonists.
Magdeburg, Germany
The architect of this fanciful complex called it an "oasis for humanity and nature in a sea of rational houses."
Magdeburg, Germany
A six-story, asymmetrical tower filled to the brim with scientific experiments.
Athens, Greece
View the ancient remains of buildings and the ancient "River of Hades" before hopping on a train.