Toronto, Ontario
North Toronto Station
A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.
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Toronto, Ontario
A former Canadian Pacific Railway station turned liquor store, the first and only station in Canada visited by British royalty.
Lakewood, Colorado
At this Denver landmark, the meals are compulsory, the sopapillas are complimentary, and the insanity is everywhere.
La Ciotat, France
This little train station is forever immortalized in film history.
Palm Desert, California
This simple highway curve has become a comedic pilgrimage site.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
The superstar of Cold War nuclear bunkers has been featured in countless films but is now barely operational.
Brooklyn, New York
Spike Lee's provocative film is officially honored right where it was made, the first time a work of art was used as a secondary street name.
Naftah, Tunisia
Buildings from the fictional planet of Tatooine still litter the Tunisian desert.
Ukiah, California
A working model of a pressure-driven, high-speed rail whizzes around a private vineyard.
Dresden, Germany
When the rain falls, this drain system turns into a musical instrument.
Aptos, California
At this California chicken ranch, four bucks will get you 18 eggs and a chorus of dancing animatronic poultry.
Fairfield, Ohio
An unusual, super-sized grocery adventure awaits in an Ohio suburb.
Gildeskål, Norway
Norway has built what may be the world's most beautiful public toilet.
Lerna, Illinois
The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.
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?
Kansas City, Kansas
Why settle for barbecue chips when you can get actual barbecue?
Ars-en-Ré, France
For those late-night mollusk cravings.
Dakar, Senegal
A smoky doorway in Dakar leads to one of the city’s great communal eating experiences.
Oregon City, Oregon
Home to the only outdoor municipal elevator in the United States.
Casa Grande, Arizona
Rumor had it that these concrete crosses scattered across the Arizona scrubland helped align spy satellites. (They didn’t.)
New York, New York
An uber-secure, windowless tower of doom in the center of Manhattan is an NSA spyscraper.
Paris, France
A scandalous Art Nouveau collaboration that set Paris all atwitter at the turn of the 20th century.
Port Orange, Florida
Where serial killer Aileen Wuornos drank her last beer.
Berlin, Germany
Germany's Glienicke Bridge has a shady history of clandestine meetings, espionage, and spycraft.